Talk:List of things named after Julius Caesar

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Julius Caesar

... that the month of July is named after the Roman dictator, Julius Caesar (pictured)?

Source: Britannica, Emperor of Rome: Ruling the Ancient World by Mary Beard (ISBN:9781631494109), page no - 38

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5x expanded by TheAstorPastor (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

The AP (talk) 13:32, 6 January 2025 (UTC).[reply]

Comment not review the hook needs a bold link to the article, possibly named after. TSventon (talk) 15:03, 6 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Done The AP (talk) 15:51, 6 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Caesarean section

@TheAstorPastor: the article says Caesarean section — Though popularly believed to be named after Julius Caesar, the term derives from Latin caedere, meaning "to cut". The procedure has no historical link to Caesar's birth. Please can you rewrite the section to reflect the sources, which either seem to accept a derivation from Caesar or are uncertain.

The sources given say

The procedure is named for Julius Caesar, who is reputed to have been born this way. (The World Encyclopedia 2001)
From the Oxford English Dictionary, the etymology of caesarean section derives from the Roman legal code, the lex Caesare (Todman, A history of caesarean section)

Caesarean section#Etymology says The origin of the term is not definitively known. TSventon (talk) 14:56, 6 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@TSventon Caesarean section#Etymology also says that Speculations that the Roman dictator Julius Caesar was born by the method now known as C-section are false.[.....]Nonetheless, the false etymology has been widely repeated until recently. For example, the first (1888) and second (1989) editions of the Oxford English Dictionary say that caesarean birth "was done in the case of Julius Cæsar".

As for rewording I believe changing it to - "While it is popularly believed that the term is named after Julius Caesar, some scholars argue that it instead derives from the Latin caedere, meaning to cut." The Dictionary of Modern Medicine Bad Medicine: Misconceptions and Misuses Revealed The AP (talk) 16:06, 6 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@TheAstorPastor:, The DMM mention the lex caesarea (lex regia) and the verb caedere and Bad Medicine mentions the legend of Caesar's Caesarean birth, so I think you should probably include the lex caesarea.

The legend of Caesar's Caesarean birth could have been the source of the phrase, even if the legend was medically impossible. TSventon (talk) 23:26, 6 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]