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11/18/2002 12:58 AM
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Shades of night were falling fast
When through and Alpine village passed
A youth whose banner bore this strange device
"Antrorse!"
Well, it would make more sense than "Excelsior" which for the first fifteen years of my live
meant spaghetti-like filaments of pine or other soft wood used to protect glass bottles of
medicines that came by parcel post to my father. It was great for starting fire in kitchen
stove.
antrorse
adj.
5ModL antrorsus: see ANTERIOR & VERSE6Biol. upward or forward
an[trorse$ly
adv.
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#87144
11/18/2002 1:09 AM
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An apiarist is not a guy who goes ape, or keeps apes. He keeps bees. One of main
highways running south from Rome was the Appian Way, because there were so
many hives in sight along the way. I used to keep three-banded Italians, Apis
mellifera.
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#87145
11/18/2002 1:14 AM
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By jove, this is news to me. (about space probe Galileo)
Galileo reaches apojove on Friday of this week and starts its journey back to the
heart of the Jupiter system. Apojove is the farthest point from Jupiter for a given orbit.
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#87146
11/18/2002 1:23 AM
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Joke on me I thought it meant apo + gonad = hung far low. (There was a Chinese restaurant
by that nnme in Boton fifty years ago, scout's honor!) Instead its adjective for some crummy
fish:
"Larval Fish: Family Apogonidae
Cardinal fishes (Apogonidae) are common inhabitants of the waters around Carrie Bow Cay. They are
largely nocturnal, hiding in caves, crevices, and overhangs during the day and coming out to forage at
night. Most western Atlantic species are reddish in color, with or without various dark markings. Larvae
are also characterized by their reddish color, sometimes with the addition of some yellow pigment in the
fins. Various species or "types" can be distinguished by variations in the kind and
distribution of pigment, but not all of them have been conclusively linked to adult species.
There is little or no variation in meristic characters between the local apogonid species, and
identification is largely based on color pattern. Only when the distinctive adult patterns begin
to develop can the larvae be identified.
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#87147
11/18/2002 1:29 AM
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Pertaining to or resembling the Roman god Apollo, of manly beauty and wisdom of oracles
Cf. (conferte)
Dionysian
adj.
1 Dionysiac
2 of the orgiastic nature of the Dionysia; wild, frenzied, and sensuous: distinguished from APOLLONIAN
3 of any of several historical figures named Dionysus
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11/18/2002 1:36 AM
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apologia
n.
5LL(Ec)6 an apology or formal defense of an idea, religion, etc., esp. such a defense of one‘s own beliefs or conduct
e.g.John Henry Newman:
Apologia Pro Vita Sua, 1864
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11/18/2002 1:45 AM
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This was from spelling bee, but luckily when I searched I found tsuwm had used it
a couple days ago. Don't remember seeing it in my e-mail. But tsuwm says he is
having trouble keeping up with the load. I can readily believe that. So I copied
from twuwm's site:
1. today's wwftd is... ••
Worthless Word for the Day
...the worthless word for the day is: apopemptic [adj] /ap uh PEMP tic/ pertaining to dismissal; valedictory (from Gr.
apopemptikos, to send away) The...
...Hamlet is one of the most eloquent (if long-winded) apopemptic speeches in literature. Good advice too. Apopemptic describes
messages to, rather than...
...Thus it does not apply to a farewell address. Today's practically automatic apopemptic message is "Have a nice day!" to which
Russell Baker says he once...
52% Thu, 14 Nov 2002 23:53:13 GMT http://home.mn.rr.com/wwftd/Frame1.html
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11/18/2002 1:52 AM
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apop[ysis
n.,
pl. 3ses# 73scz#8 5ModL < Gr, an offshoot < apo3, from + phyein, grow: see BE6
1 Anat. any natural outgrowth or process, esp. on a vertebra or other bone
2 Bot. a swelling at the base of the capsule in some mosses
a[poph#y[se$al 73sc4al8
adj.
Not to be confused with epiphysis, the places at ends of long bones where a zone of cartilage
gives rise to bone producing elongation of the bone.
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#87151
11/18/2002 2:06 AM
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From St.Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologica
Accordingly, the first change wrought in the
appetite by the appetible object is called "love," and is nothing else than
complacency in that object; and from this complacency results a movement
towards that same object, and this movement is "desire"; and lastly, there is rest
which is "joy." Since, therefore, love consists in a change wrought in the appetite
by the appetible object, it is evident that love is a passion: properly so called,
according as it is in the concupiscible faculty; in a wider and extended sense,
according as it is in the will.
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#87152
11/18/2002 12:23 PM
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Appian Way, because there were so
many hives in sight along the way
It would surprise me if this were so. The word for bee has only one p. Appius was a Roman family name although I don't find its meaning right quick. I'll be back.
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#87153
11/18/2002 2:47 PM
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Dear Faldage: I guess I should not have trusted the big fat bee book published by maker
of hive equipment. I can find no substantiation for alleged association of bees and Appian way.
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11/18/2002 3:00 PM
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Possibly it was built by familia Appio (or under their ægis) and some punny beekeepers thought they'd take advantage of the name to get some free advertising.
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#87155
11/20/2002 12:43 AM
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In reply to:
Not to be confused with epiphysis, the places at ends of long bones where a zone of cartilage
gives rise to bone producing elongation of the bone.
Far be it from any of us here to confuse apophysis with epiphysis.
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#87156
11/20/2002 2:10 AM
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Hey, Faldage! It just occurred to me to wonder if there is an etymological connection
between Latin "Via" and English "way". I can't find anything helpful.
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#87157
11/20/2002 11:36 AM
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Dr. Bill, AHD has way from IE wegh-, to go, transport in a vehicle. Under wei- it mentions that some think that this IE root, meaning to go after something, is the root for the Latin via but says it's more likely from the suffixed form wegh-ya, thus giving you your link between way and via.
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11/20/2002 12:29 PM
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Any connection between wegh and wagon?
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Thanks for the link, Faldage. Those etymological family trees are fun to breeze through. Included in the wegh group was walleyed, and its various definitions are worth looking at: http://www.bartleby.com/61/96/W0019600.html
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11/20/2002 3:48 PM
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Those etymological family trees are fun to breeze through.
I remember a poster from the '60s showing the tangled roots of rock and roll. Some of these word trees would put that to shame.
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