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Homo

homo

also: человек

Latin for 'man/human,' used in Chekhov's mock-scientific argument to name the species at whose level his invented law of 'male authority' supposedly culminates.

Reading notes

To Al. P. Chekhov, 17–18 April 1883. Moscow. §6 homo
Latin for 'man, human being,' the culminating category of Chekhov's parody taxonomy of sexual authority.

Mentioned in 9 works (9 mentions)

In Winkler's Museum Stories · 1 mention

§5 homo

To Al. P. Chekhov, 17–18 April 1883. Moscow. letter · 1 mention

§6 homo

My Wives Stories · 1 mention

§3 homo

A Story Without an End Stories · 1 mention

§81 homo

To the Chekhovs, 23 April 1890. Volga, parokhod "Aleksandr Nevsky". letter · 1 mention

§20 homo

To the Chekhovs, 29 April 1890. Yekaterinburg. letter · 1 mention

§16 homo

To the Chekhovs, 28 May 1890. Krasnoyarsk. letter · 1 mention

§16 homo

To N. A. Leikin, 5 June 1890. Irkutsk. letter · 1 mention

§8 homo

To the Chekhovs, 13 June 1890. Listvenichnaya. letter · 1 mention

§14 homo