Talk:Petasos

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Merge from Petasus

The Latinized spelling of this Greek term for a Greek hat isn't used so much any more. There is no difference in subject matter. These two articles are not just overlapping but duplicative.--Wetman (talk) 03:33, 30 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

You mean the English spelling derived from French and Latin of a Greek hat that shows up in Roman art and on the head of the Roman god Mercury? Huh. In any case, yeah, absolutely the two should be merged somewhere. — LlywelynII 22:54, 31 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Actual name

Wetman above seems to be overstating his case. The Greek form is somewhat more common so there's no need to move yet. However, if it is the WP:COMMON WP:ENGLISHNAME of the hat, it shouldn't be italicized as a foreign term in the running text. If the Greek term is more common but is usually treated as foreign while the Latin form is entirely nativized, that would mean the Latin form is the actual English word and should be the title for the article and the form it and the other articles default to. For what it's worth, that's exactly how the OED treats it: they redirect from searches for petasos to their entry that is only headed "petasus, n." and only mention the Greek form in the etymology and as an alternative English spelling. — LlywelynII 22:51, 31 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]