Folia onomastica Croatica, No. 19, 2010.
Review article
On usage of the Croatian form of scholar and philosopher Patricius’ surname
Žarko Dadić
Abstract
Initially, only the form Petriš was used, but on the occasion of the 400th anniversary of his birth in 1929, various other forms came into use, among which was the form Petrić. In the following years, the usage of various forms of the philosopher’s surname continued. When it was discovered that Dominis had called him Petrišević in 1624, this form spread quickly, mainly because of Kruno Krstić, and it was first used in the publications of the Miroslav Krleža Lexicographic Institute and was followed by usage elsewhere in Croatia as well. In Belgrade the form Petrić was used consistently. In 1964, Belgrade’s Institute of Social Sciences founded a branch of its Department of Philosophy in Zagreb. The key task of the branch was, among other things, to engage in research on Croatian philosophical heritage as part of a project on the history of the philosophy of the Yugoslav peoples. The task remained the same even after the branch was renamed into the Institute of Philosophy. For the sake of making work on the common project easier, the name Petrić soon prevailed in Zagreb as well. In the last ten years, based on many archival and philological sources, the name Petriš has begun to appear in usage outside the Institute of Philosophy, despite the fact that some authors still persist in using the nonscientific fabricated form Petrić. Since the form Petrić has never been verified, foreign scholars assume that we do not know the Croatian name of the philosopher, hence the misperception of his ethnicity.
Keywords
anthroponymy; Petris Petriš; Petrić; Patricius; philosophy; Institute for philosophy
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29.12.2011.
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