[Lexicog] names as characteristic of a category

[Fritz Goerling]

Hayim,

How about a Penelope figure, a faithful wife who waits patiently for her
husband to return? On the male side: someone is a Hercules. 

Fritz

Hayim Sheynin asked: 


What other names of wives of famous men can be a characteristic of a
category?

Hayim

Fritz Goerling <Fritz_Goerling at sil.org> wrote:

In some languages the names of wives of famous men have entered the language

to characterize a certain kind of woman: like Xanthippe (Socrates'wife) is
used in English and German.

 

Fritz

 

 

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