[B-Greek] translation for O POPOI ??
Mark Lightman
lightmanmark at yahoo.com
Wed Jan 12 21:12:40 EST 2011
Shirley asked
<...but does anyone know what a POPOS really was ?>
Hi, Shirley,
Wharton, Etyma Graeca, connects it with ποππύζω (POPPUZW) "I whistle."
Mark L
Φωσφορος
FWSFOROS MARKOS
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From: Shirley Rollinson <rollinsondr at yahoo.com>
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Sent: Wed, January 12, 2011 4:38:22 PM
Subject: [B-Greek] translation for O POPOI ??
Yassas Y'all
Could Jack or David, or anyone else, come up with a good translation for O POPOI
?
The dictionaries suggest "Alas. alack, woe is me" etc. - But it's used by a
rough tough Bronze Age soldier facing certain death (Hector) - not by a prim and
proper Victorian lady.
My students came up with a range of (unprintable) equivalents - but does anyone
know what a POPOS really was ?
thank you
Shirley Rollinson
New Mexico (just 10 miles from Texas)
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