tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202150793869184289.post3363068525541564144..comments2023-09-24T05:45:23.811-05:00Comments on Paleoglot: Thoughts on the etymology of Greek ἀκακαλίςGlen Gordonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02440249042894225949noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202150793869184289.post-31024354378441842742010-04-21T13:23:46.196-05:002010-04-21T13:23:46.196-05:00I like this post. Nice piece of work, Glen!.
Wolv...I like this post. Nice piece of work, Glen!.<br /><br />Wolves...psychopomp...Hermes...I'm beginning to think of Woden. :)Higginsweorxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14571950650837622245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202150793869184289.post-37190022529083942392010-04-19T03:51:33.170-05:002010-04-19T03:51:33.170-05:00After doing a short burst of "hypergoogling&q...After doing a short burst of "hypergoogling" of my own, I've managed to find a similar epithet noted for Hermes, <a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0057:entry%3Da)ka/khta%5E" rel="nofollow">ἀκάκητα</a> (<i>akakēta</i>) 'he who does no harm', and this story is linked with the curious story of the Arcadian king Lykaon and his pompous Glen Gordonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02440249042894225949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202150793869184289.post-46685963062017366022010-04-19T03:21:02.542-05:002010-04-19T03:21:02.542-05:00How do you mean? The reference is found right ther...How do you mean? The reference is found right there on the <i>Perseus</i> site under <a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0057:entry%3Da)ka/khs" rel="nofollow">ἀκάκης</a> where it says briefly "IG7.117.3 (Megara)". So <i>IG7</i> would be short for "<i>Inscriptiones Graecae</i>, volume 7", pointing to an artifact from <a href="http://Glen Gordonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02440249042894225949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202150793869184289.post-82575948677727940302010-04-19T02:28:14.674-05:002010-04-19T02:28:14.674-05:00Does LSJ give any reference to where this word is ...Does LSJ give any reference to where this word is used as an epithet of Hades?<br /><br />I mean, if it's only once in some text, and of questionable certainty, this very nice idea becomes a lot more difficult.<br /><br />And as you know better than anyone else, people who make dictionaries sometimes see little problem in basing a meaning on a single uncertain item. ;-)PhoeniXhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17627425696035152752noreply@blogger.com