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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Periplum #29148 05/15/2001 7:14 AM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 393 London NicholasW enthusiast NicholasW enthusiast Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 393 London It's an error by Pound then. The Latin -us is not the case ending. It's a borrowing from Greek periplous 'a sailing around', from pleo 'I sail'. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Periplum wordcrazy 05/15/2001 1:36 AM Re: Periplum tsuwm 05/15/2001 3:05 AM Re: Periplum NicholasW 05/15/2001 7:14 AM Re: Periplum belligerentyouth 05/15/2001 10:22 AM Re: Periplum AnnaStrophic 05/15/2001 11:23 AM Re: Periplum tsuwm 05/15/2001 1:19 PM Re: Periplum wordcrazy 05/15/2001 9:48 PM Re: Periplum juanmaria 05/15/2001 6:05 PM Re: Periplum of troy 05/16/2001 12:25 PM Re: That peplum style! wow 05/16/2001 12:49 PM Re: That peplum style! rodward 05/16/2001 1:24 PM Re: That peplum style! wow 05/16/2001 2:15 PM Re: That peplum style! wordcrazy 05/16/2001 4:21 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

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