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There are a few other Greek derivatives that have both -ean and -ian, like Aristotelian/ean and Epicurian/ean. In the case of Aristotle and Hercules there's a long -e- in the Greek name (Aristoteles).
Epicurean confused me for years (because he's Epikouros) until I learnt it contained an adjective-forming suffix -ai-, Latin -ae-. This is also used in Jacobean.
So I think consistency should make it unstressed -ian or stressed -ean. Personally I don't think I've seen the spelling herculian, so I'd say it with -Ean.
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Take Five
AnnaStrophic 12/22/2003 10:05 PM ![]()
-ean and -ian
Jenet 12/23/2003 10:28 AM ![]()
All consistency aside
musick 12/23/2003 4:16 PM
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