Etymologiae sive origines (English spelling) Etymologiaesiveorigines

…As a scholar, he lived up to the praise of being “the greatest scholar of his time, the man of the greatest learning until the end of the world,” and wrote many books on a wide range of subjects, including theology, history, literature, and science, leading the arts and sciences in Spain. His works also had a strong influence on Western Europe throughout the Middle Ages, as a source of knowledge about ancient cultural artifacts. His major work, Etymologiae sive origines (Etymologiae sive origines), in 20 volumes, is a kind of encyclopedia that discusses the various phenomena of nature, man, gods, and the state, and his descriptions show a strong interest in names, especially their origins. In the light of the results of modern critical research, there are noticeable inaccuracies and erroneous descriptions, but it is an excellent source of information that conveys the actual state of knowledge and scholarship at that time. …

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…また，学者としては，〈当代に比類なき学者，世の終りまで最も優れた学識の士〉という賛辞に違わず，神学，歴史，文学，科学など多方面にわたって多数の書物を著してスペインの学芸を指導したほか，彼の著作は，古代の文物に関する知識の源泉として，中世を通じて西ヨーロッパに強い影響力を及ぼした。主著《語源録または事物の起源Etymologiae sive origines》20巻は，自然，人間，神，国家の諸事象を論じた一種の百科事典で，その記述には，名称，とくにその語源への強い関心がみられる。現代の批判的研究の成果から見れば，不正確な記述や誤った叙述も目立つが，当時の知識や学問の実情を伝える好個の材料である。…

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