[B-Greek] Act 27:14 TUFWNIKOS
Harold Holmyard
hholmyard at ont.com
Wed Dec 6 07:59:41 EST 2006
Eric Inman wrote:
> My English dictionary (Random House Webster's College Dictionary, 1992)
> shows the etymology as:
>
> [1690-1700; < dialect Chinese (Guangdong) daaih-fung (akin to Chinese dafeng
> great wind), altered by association with Greek TUFWN violent wind]
>
One relevant part of the understanding of Greek Typhon is, according to
LSJ, that he was "the father of the Winds." The Greek adjective
TUFWNIKOS (of or from Typhon) means "tempestuous," according to LSJ.
Yours,
Harold Holmyard
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