Register Log In Wordsmith Talk Forums (Old) Weekly themes. (have been consolidated into a single forum above) Meta-words anabas Search Advanced Forum Search Forums Calendar Active Threads

Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread anabas #121086 01/24/2004 3:00 AM Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 79 Dublin, Ireland hibernicus journeyman hibernicus journeyman Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 79 Dublin, Ireland Not to be confused with "ananas", which may also be found in trees, anabas is a genus of tree-climbing fish (such as the climbing perch of SE Asia) whose name, in Greek, simply means "going up". The Greek "ana" meaning "up", "back" or "again" gives us a host of words from the familiar ("analyse", "anagram") to the highly technical ("anacathartic", "anaclastic"). Its opposite, "kata", meaning "down", is possibly even more productive, although while "anode" and "cathode" form a pair, sadly "anastrophe" is not the opposite of "catastrophe" but rather the use of an unusual or surprising word-order in a sentence. The anabas on his way up the tree may be said to be in the act of "anabasis", or "going up", although this word in English is usually reserved for a military advance into Anatolia by Cyrus the Younger. Being unsuccesful, he was forced to beat a hasty catabasis back to Persia. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: an' a one, an' a two... #121087 01/24/2004 3:14 AM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont and anacrusis, or pick-up note in music... looks as if there's an alphbet's worth of ana-s... formerly known as etaoin... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: anabas #121088 01/24/2004 3:20 AM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 From the Internet: "Xenophon the Athenian was born 431 B.C. He was a pupil of Socrates. He marched with the Spartans, and was exiled from Athens. Sparta gave him land and property in Scillus, where he lived for many years before having to move once more, to settle in Corinth. He died in 354 B.C. The Anabasis is his story of the march to Persia to aid Cyrus, who enlisted Greek help to try and take the throne from Artaxerxes, and the ensuing return of the Greeks, in which Xenophon played a leading role. This occurred between 401 B.C. and March 399 B.C. " Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: anabas #121089 01/24/2004 10:19 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,773 Sparteye Pooh-Bah Sparteye Pooh-Bah Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,773 sadly "anastrophe" is not the opposite of "catastrophe" I'm surprised that this statement hasn't attracted dispute yet. Fong? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: anabas #121090 01/24/2004 10:45 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 dispute I plead the fifth. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: anabas #121091 01/25/2004 12:56 AM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Dear Faldage, be gallant, or you'll need more than a fifth. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: anabas #121092 01/26/2004 11:14 AM Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 79 Dublin, Ireland hibernicus journeyman hibernicus journeyman Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 79 Dublin, Ireland Thanks very much for the correction, wwh. It seems I got the story quite wrong (which wouldn't be a first for me!) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: anabas #121093 01/26/2004 1:02 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York sadly "anastrophe" is not the opposite of "catastrophe" I'm surprised that this statement hasn't attracted dispute yet. Out of this I intend to stay. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: anabas #121094 01/26/2004 1:52 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 But catastrophe may befall anyone who agrees. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  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. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

Default Style BlackNTan Drab eBay GooG v2 infopop new dark new light original dark original stock rounded corners Slate snow sunny dropshadow theblues Touch Of Grey UBB.threads UBB.threads - Dark UBB.threads - Light UBBCentral UBBCentral - Crimson UBBCentral - Lime UBBCentral - Marshmallow UBBCentral - Mocha UBBCentral - Zen UBBT77 UBBT77 - Dark ubbthreads ubbthreads-dark Forum Rules · Mark All Read Contact Us · Forum Help · Wordsmith Talk