[B-Greek] Hellenizing a Latinate name (somewhat off-topic)
Ken Penner
pennerkm at mcmaster.ca
Thu Apr 8 17:18:07 EDT 2004
Latin second declension -US endings become second declension -OS endings
in Greek: FLACCUS > FLAKKOS.
Ken Penner, M.C.S. (Biblical Languages, Greek Focus), M.A. (Hebrew
Poetry)
Ph.D. (cand.), McMaster University
pennerkm at mcmaster.ca
Greek vocabulary software: http://s91279732.onlinehome.us/flash or
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> How would the Latinate personal name Desiderius be most
> properly Hellenized? My best idea with my current state of
> knowledge would produce DESIDERIOUS.
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