Myt

[Alexei Kokin]

On the "vozdushnye mytarstva", one would be well advised to refer to patristic literature. As I understand, "mytarstva" literally refers to the payment of customs duties (internal customs were widespread in medieval Europe and Russia), tolls and various other taxes and dues. According to Dahl, "myt" or "myto" is a road or bridge toll, an excise, or in general a duty on a good. Compare OCS "mytar'", which corresponds to "publican" in KJB.

Alexei
http://therussiandilettante.blogspot.com

Tom Dolack <tdolack at DARKWING.UOREGON.EDU> wrote:
I'd like to thank everyone for their help, and should anyone be
interested, the consensus is that the word's primary meaning in this
context is "molting" (a bird is apparently helpless while without
feathers and hides in his nest). However, if the nominative is "myto,"
can refer to "mytarstva," a sort of "heavenly customs" in the Byzantine
tradition. (Interesting idea - do you need some sort of passport to get
through? Photo id? Password? Secret handshake?)
This has been useful, if for no other reason, for reminding me of the
command Mandel'shtam had of the language - a joy to study. And to think
I could be punching a time-clock for living.
Vsego khoroshego,
Tom
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Tom Dolack
Comparative Literature
U of Oregon
tdolack at uoregon.edu

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