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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Nephila clavata #148797 10/09/2005 9:58 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 11,202 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 11,202 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA Quote: ...The Latin verb clavo (past particple clavatum) has a secondary meaning of 'to furnish with purple stripes'... I would have expected some relation to clave/key (but maybe I'm just being naive) Edit: "naïve" - right on! option-u-i and &#239 both work. [aside: Is there an ASCII # or even an &# for i-with-a-dieresis for "naive"] Last edited by wofahulicodoc; 10/09/2005 11:55 PM. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Nephila clavata Homo Loquens 10/09/2005 3:42 PM Re: Nephila clavata Homo Loquens 10/09/2005 3:54 PM Re: Nephila clavata zmjezhd 10/09/2005 4:20 PM Re: Giants were in the land. inselpeter 10/09/2005 4:56 PM Re: Giants were in the land. inselpeter 10/10/2005 9:39 AM modeling wofahulicodoc 10/10/2005 1:11 PM Re: Giants were in the land. zmjezhd 10/10/2005 1:37 PM Re: Giants were in the land. inselpeter 10/10/2005 2:01 PM Re: Giants were in the land. Homo Loquens 10/10/2005 2:45 PM Re: Giants were in the land. inselpeter 10/10/2005 3:24 PM Re: Giants were in the land. zmjezhd 10/11/2005 2:23 AM Re: Giants were in the land. inselpeter 10/11/2005 2:49 AM Re: Farcide Faldage 10/11/2005 11:02 AM Re: Farcide zmjezhd 10/11/2005 1:18 PM Re: Farcide Faldage 10/11/2005 2:38 PM Re: Farcide Homo Loquens 10/12/2005 6:14 AM Re: Farcide Father Steve 10/12/2005 12:37 PM Re: Giants were in the land. Bingley 10/11/2005 3:25 AM Re: Giants were in the land. inselpeter 10/11/2005 1:01 PM Re: International Code of Zoological Nomenclature Buffalo Shrdlu 10/11/2005 1:13 PM Re: Giants were in the land. Father Steve 10/11/2005 3:57 AM Re: Nephila clavata wofahulicodoc 10/09/2005 9:58 PM Re: Nephila clavata zmjezhd 10/09/2005 10:13 PM Re: ï AnnaStrophic 10/09/2005 10:33 PM Re: ï zmjezhd 10/09/2005 10:41 PM Re: ï sjmaxq 10/09/2005 10:48 PM Re: ï Faldage 10/09/2005 10:53 PM Re: ï zmjezhd 10/09/2005 11:16 PM Re: ï sjmaxq 10/09/2005 11:18 PM Care for a snack, dear? Father Steve 10/09/2005 11:38 PM Re: Care for a snack, dear? Homo Loquens 10/10/2005 6:26 AM Re: Nephila clavata Jackie 10/10/2005 6:08 PM Re: Nephila clavata inselpeter 10/10/2005 8:25 PM 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 Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,916 Posts230,374 Members9,211 Most Online7,006 Mar 7th, 2026 Newest Members Boo boo kitty fu, peterreineck, Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd 9,211 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 34 A C Bowden 15 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,202 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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