Talk:Hiberno-Latin

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Are you sure about the spelling of Hisperic? Was there some Hisperia? i didn't know the word. -- Error

The name "Hisperic" comes from the "Hisperica Famina," a collection of poems in this vein. Hisperic seems to be deformed from "Hibernia." See : http://www.bartleby.com/211/0502.html -- IHCOYC 11:38, 29 Jul 2003 (UTC)

Um. There was Hesperia (Westland) that Greeks put in Italy and Romans in Spain. And also the Hesperides islands (Canary or Cape Verde). Maybe the Irish monks identified their island with Hesperia. -- Error

It sounds plausible to me that "Hisperica" represents some kind of portmanteau word on Hibernia and Hesperia. This is the sort of thing they were into. FWIW, the famina in Hisperica Famina means "speech," another neologism formed on the root fa- from fari. -- IHCOYC 13:34, 31 Jul 2003 (UTC)