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Page 8 of 10 < 1 2 ... 6 7 8 9 10 > Topic Options #14157 - 01/06/02 02:56 PM Re: Sine glomere Faldage Carpal Tunnel Registered: 12/01/00 Posts: 13657 Jeesh! I tole ya the Latin word. I also tole ya the Latin word was way too late to be of any use. Parbly the Greek wouln't do ya no good neither. Minoan, whatever it was, and don' nobody know, not even if it were Indo-European, Hamito-Semitic or sommat entirely else, is a whole nother ballpark (or cricket pitch if you'd druther) an' totally unknown. Ain' no way you gone get to tell Ariadne to dump that Theseus loser. An' if ya wants ta tell Theseus sommat yer gone is haveta use sommat other than Modren Greek; ya'll haveta know it in Ionian or Dorian or whatever it was they spoke in Athens time back way back, Jeesh! Top #14158 - 01/06/02 04:29 PM Re: Sine glomere wwh Carpal Tunnel Registered: 01/18/01 Posts: 13858 Dear Faldage: My point is this. What was the source of the English version of the legend? I would like to find it, to see if I could find the word that some idiot used a Germanic root for, when he could, I'm sure, have made a nice coinage from the classical root. Rooti-toot-toot.Cocking a snook. I've been having fun looking, but have not found anything worth posting about. Hoped you might succeed where I have been unable to. Top #14159 - 01/06/02 06:33 PM Re: Sine glomere Faldage Carpal Tunnel Registered: 12/01/00 Posts: 13657 the word that some idiot used a Germanic root for, when he could, I'm sure, have made a nice coinage from the classical root. You want someone should make up a word from a classical root just because the story came from a classical source? When we have a perfectly good word in English? Clue, BTW, traces back to the same IE root, gel- that spawned the Latin glomer-. OK. but be careful what you ask for: Ariadne gave Theseus a glom that he might find his way out the maze after the Minotaur made mincemeat out of him. Theseus glommed on to it with the knowledge that he wan't gone be mincemeat and that he would make Ariadne pay for her evil ways. There, I hope you're healthy. Top #14160 - 01/06/02 06:44 PM . Max Quordlepleen Carpal Tunnel Registered: 08/12/00 Posts: 3409 Top #14161 - 01/07/02 12:37 PM Re: Sine glomere wwh Carpal Tunnel Registered: 01/18/01 Posts: 13858 Dear Max: I still wonder what Greek or Latin text was the source of the legend in English. Top #14162 - 01/07/02 02:28 PM . Max Quordlepleen Carpal Tunnel Registered: 08/12/00 Posts: 3409 Top #14163 - 01/07/02 04:00 PM Re: Sine glomere wwh Carpal Tunnel Registered: 01/18/01 Posts: 13858 I was hoping our illustrious contributor NicholasW might be able to provide that. Top #14164 - 01/11/02 06:52 AM Re: Unus glomus Faldage Carpal Tunnel Registered: 12/01/00 Posts: 13657 Dr. Bill wonders what Greek or Latin text was the source of the legend in English. Graves cites Apollodorus, Plutarch (who quotes Philochorus, Simonides et al.), Scholiast, Pausanias, Callimachus, Catullus et al. Top #14165 - 01/11/02 02:52 PM Re: Unus glomus wwh Carpal Tunnel Registered: 01/18/01 Posts: 13858 Thanks for the "clews" Faldage. I anticipate problems untangling that mountain of manuscripts. Top #14166 - 01/11/02 03:21 PM Re: Alterus glomus Faldage Carpal Tunnel Registered: 12/01/00 Posts: 13657 I get all my stuff about this from Robert Graves: The Greek Myths. Look it up at amazon.com. Then buy it from your local independent bookstore. Top Page 8 of 10 < 1 2 ... 6 7 8 9 10 > Previous Topic Index Next Topic Preview Hop to: General Topics ------   Information and announcements   Q&A about words   Wordplay and fun   Words and languages in schools   Miscellany   Weekly Themes   Looking for (writers, speakers, ...) (Old) Weekly themes. 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