[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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