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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Boktos #178471 08/01/2008 2:29 PM Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 1 California ilah stranger ilah stranger Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 1 California I am looking for some information on the word, boktos. Where did it come from? what does it mean? origin? history? etc. The only thing I know about it, is what I was told, that it is greek for 'balanced' i really want to confirm this information. I have tried to find the word myself, I have looked at language translators, etc.. so far nothing. If you can help me, that would be GREAT... Thanks so much. ih Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Boktos ilah #178472 08/01/2008 2:40 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass this might be a clue: "For the newsreel photographers there would be a demonstration of boktos, or Pythagorean butting, the old Greek art of self-defense, which was to be incorporated into the army's physical training program." - Charles Portis, Masters of Atlantis (1985) -joe (head butting??) friday Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Boktos ilah #178473 08/01/2008 3:32 PM Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh By Greek, do you mean Modern or Classical. I looked in a large Classical Greek (Lewis, Short, and Jones) under βοκτος (boktos) and βωκτος (bōktos.). Zip. Online did a reverse lookup on balanced in the same (digitized) dictionary (link). Nada. Looked in a smallish Modern Greek-English dictionary (Langenscheidt) under variant spellings (in Modern Greek β is a /v/ and μπ is /b/). Also in the English under balanced entry. Nothing. Nothing in a cursory Greek Wikipedia search. Quick googling suggests it may be a name. Was this word of mouth or on a website or what? (I don't think it's a Greek word.) Not sure what to make of tsuwm's Google Book finding in a comic novel about a secret society. See the reviews of the book on this Charles Portis site (link). Ceci n'est pas un seing. 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 Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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