LAILAPS
Carl W. Conrad
cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Thu Aug 27 14:32:23 EDT 1998
At 5:58 AM -0500 8/27/98, Steve Long wrote:
>Speaking of hurricanes, the storm in Acts 27:14 hO KALOUMENOS EUROKLUDWN,
>where did it get its name? Sounds like a monster "Godzilla versus
>Eurokladon", or a heavy metal band.
A combination, it would appear, of EURUS/EIA/U "broad" and KLUDWN "wave": a
tidal wave, a whopper of a wave.
KLUDWN,-WNOS <-- KLUZW: "wash," "surge about"
Carl W. Conrad
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