Letter S
Polycarp66 at aol.com
Polycarp66 at aol.com
Thu Jan 3 11:37:22 EST 2002
In a message dated 1/3/2002 10:41:17 AM Eastern Standard Time,
Polycarp66 at aol.com writes:
> In a message dated 1/3/2002 9:31:50 AM Eastern Standard Time, dd-1 at juno.com
> writes:
>
>
> >> Greeks omitted the letter S? Comments?
>>
>
> If I remember correctly, the "s" in "septem" is due to a lost digamma in
> Greek. If they had wanted an "s" they would have used sigma. You could
> check Smyth on this <A HREF="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0007;layout=;loc=1;query=toc">Smyth's Greek Grammar</A>
>
I just realized that I was thinking of such words as IDEIN in Greek which
becomes video in Latin. Please ignore my remark. Carl is, of course,
correct.
gfsomsel
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