e)pidiamonh\n

Carl W. Conrad cwconrad at artsci.wustl.edu
Fri Jul 30 06:34:40 EDT 1999


At 3:41 AM -0700 7/28/99, Happydan ( ^ _ ^ ) wrote:
>Hello,
>
>	Just a quick question here. I was wondering what the meaning of the
>word
>"e)pidiamonh\n" (TLG Beta Code) means. "diamonh\n" is remain/continue, but
>the "e)pi" at the beginning makes me unsure how the word is modified.

Generally the force of EPI- in this sort of compounding is somewhat like
that of PROS-, indicating something like "even in addition." It's really
redundant, but with something like continuation, which is what DIAMONH
means, it underscores the "continuation" of "continuity"--"ever ongoing
continuity."


Carl W. Conrad
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