|
|
|
|
Joined: Jan 2001
Posts: 13,858
Carpal Tunnel
|
OP
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Jan 2001
Posts: 13,858 |
There was a post about this perhaps six months ago. But in meantime, I had forgotten it, so repost it, since others may also have forgotten it:
HAMARTIA: Frequently translated as "tragic flaw," hamartia is simply a mishap or human frailty which leads to someone's reversal of fortune.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Mar 2002
Posts: 1,692
Pooh-Bah
|
|
Pooh-Bah
Joined: Mar 2002
Posts: 1,692 |
So, hamartia changes fortune for the worse. Is there an antonym? Not a 'fatal flaw', but a 'saving grace'?
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Nov 2003
Posts: 81
journeyman
|
|
journeyman
Joined: Nov 2003
Posts: 81 |
I think it's the ordinary word for "fault", or failure, or flaw. I believe (don't know how to check) it's also the word for "sin" in the Greek New Testament.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jan 2001
Posts: 13,858
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
OP
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Jan 2001
Posts: 13,858 |
It's also root of a medical word describing some astounding embryologic anomalies, in which recognizable malformed structures are found where they don't belong. I'll go search for information about this. The term is "hamartoma". Search for "Pathology hamartoma" yielded this site: http://wwwpath.usuf2.usuhs.mil/Surg_Path/s96-05/96-5.htmlA bit more: The word "sin" in New Testament Greek is "hamartia" = to miss the mark (as in archery), literally, anyway. So, maybe "aim true" or "sure shot" would work.
|
|
|
|
Forums16
Topics13,913
Posts229,342
Members9,182
| |
Most Online3,341
Dec 9th, 2011
|
|
|
0 members (),
491
guests, and
1
robot. |
|
Key:
Admin,
Global Mod,
Mod
|
|
|
|
|
|
