Antiquitates 15: 260
Penner
pennerkm at mcmaster.ca
Fri Nov 8 11:03:57 EST 2002
Jim wrote: "apo serves here much like an alpha privative."
Barry replied:
> Jim, could you provide lexicographical support (i.e.,
> parallels) of this rather unusual usage of APO?
APO does at times carry the force of an alpha privative, but onyx in
compounds (e.g., APOTIMAW = fail to honour; APOSITEW = to stop eating),
so I still find the alpha private argument unconvincing in this case,
especially considering the context (as Carl demonstrated).
Ken Penner
McMaster University
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