#78004
08/09/2002 6:05 PM
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In re-reading Michael Grant's "The Ancient Mediterranean" he says Latin used the same word for "time" and "weather" but did not give the word. "Tempus" seems to fit both to some extent. Comments? Incidentally, in searching, I found a page of 'TakeOUrWordForIt' I'd not seen before that you might find worth looking at: http://www.takeourword.com/theory.html
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#78005
08/09/2002 6:21 PM
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Latin used the same word for "time" and "weather"
Merriam Webster, in the etymolgy for tempest gives:
Etymology: Middle English, from Old French tempeste, from (assumed) Vulgar Latin tempesta, alteration of Latin tempestas season, weather, storm, from tempus time
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#78007
08/09/2002 7:33 PM
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#78009
08/09/2002 7:55 PM
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Another dandy word:" 'transhumance' the type of pastoralism in which the sheep are driven
up to lofty hillsides in the spring, to return to the plains in autumn."
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#78010
08/09/2002 8:18 PM
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A word I had forgotten, used by tsuwm two years ago, but not defined: 'exiguous'
= scanty,little, small, meager
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