odium philologicum
nounEtymology Contemporary Latin coinage based on odium theologicum.
1
hatred between philologists over academic points of disagreement
- a Renascence scholar had to justify himself, even if that meant denigrating other mens' learning. To the odium theologicum of the period was added odium philologicum. Sic Shavius putride, says a late scholiast: « thus Shaw stinkingly » — he is referring to a rival commentator's interpretation.Jack Arthur Walter Bennett (1982), The Humane Medievalist: And Other Essays in English Literature and Learning, from Chaucer to Eliot, Ed. di Storia e Letteratura, GGKEY:552YP7WE2FC, page 283
- Odium pholologicum is a notorious infirmity. Scholars will lash out at one another with unbridled malignancy over what appear to the laity to be minuscule, often risible points of debate.George Steiner (1987), George Steiner: A Reader, Oxford University Press, page 199
1 more example
- The scholarly wars between British and German academics in World War I are to be seen in the context of a more general odium philologicum which can be traced back to the growth of nationalism in the nineteenth century.Christopher Stray (2018), From odium to bellum: classical scholars at war in Europe and America, 1800–1924, volume 10, number 4, Classical Receptions Journal, →DOI, retrieved 01 Apr 2019