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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread imposthume #111272 08/31/2003 12:11 AM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta Bingley Carpal Tunnel Bingley Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta Also from the Dryden translation of Plutarch's Life of Sulla: http://ancienthistory.about.com/library/bl/bl_text_plutarch_sylla.htm And the very day before his end, it being told him that the magistrate Granius deferred the payment of a public debt, in expectation of his death, he sent for him to his house, and placing his attendants about him, caused him to be strangled; but through the straining of his voice and body, the imposthume breaking, he lost a great quantity of blood. Upon this, his strength failing him, after spending a troublesome night, he died, leaving behind him two young children by Metella. Valeria was afterwards delivered of a daughter, named Posthuma; for so the Romans call those who are born after the father's death. No relation between imposthume and Posthuma apparently. A more modern translation (http://makeashorterlink.com/?A28E510C5) gives abscess. Bingley Bingley Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: imposthume #111273 10/16/2003 5:49 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Dear Bingley: sorry I missed this when it was posted. I never heard the word. A collection of pus or purulent matter in any part of an animal body; an abscess. Origin: A corruption of aposteme. See Aposteme. Source: Websters Dictionary Webster's 1913 Dictionary Definition: \Ap"os*teme\, n. [L. apostema, Gr. ? the separation of corrupt matter into an ulcer, fr. ? to stand off: cf. F. apost[`e]me. See {Apostasy}.] (Med.) An abscess; a swelling filled with purulent matter. [Written corruptly {imposthume}.] I never heard this one before either. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: imposthume #111274 10/30/2003 11:54 AM Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 1,692 UK dxb Pooh-Bah dxb Pooh-Bah Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 1,692 UK Just by-the-by. The first time I came across Postumus as a name was in 'I Claudius' by Robert Graves. Postumus (no 'h' in this case) was a cousin of Claudius and one of the few good guys in the book, so naturally he was banished following a false accusation of rape. I now have a work colleague, from the Netherlands, named Richard Posthuma. So the name lives on. 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 Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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