classic words to describe a poor scholar.
i know less than that!
i know some root words in latin, but none of the ending.. and my greek--well we can't talk about my greek because it doesn't exist.
i have at times been frustrated by books that use an interesting word-- and note in the text, the history of the word, and finish off with the original greek--as is seeing it the greek would make things clearer!
but, somewhere, all the way, i have picked up most (but not all of the letters of the greek alphabet..and last year, i realize, as i looked at a label for some yarn (a blend of wools and synthetic fibers) , i could read the greek--the label had english, and finish, (it was yarn imported from Finland) and french and greek.. it was a sort of rosetta stone for me..
in another thread, Lipo and there in the dictionary, the greek, Lamba, (or L) a letter that looked like an I (i don't know the name of this letter-iota?(but that is a guess) pi (p) o (another letter i don't know the greek name for) and s (sigma)
the greek letters have different shapes, and different names, (and for all i know, different sounds associated with the letters) but in greek, lipo is lipos( i couldn't find greek characters that i could get to display here)
its like a light has gone on..
obviously, i need to actually learn the alphabet, but.. well its not total greek to me anymore!
i can't say i am going to take up a serious study of greek, but, i am pleased with my slow but growing cognition.
(i am, as i have always said, in some ways, a very slow learner)
