[B-Greek] Longest word in literature
George F Somsel
gfsomsel at yahoo.com
Fri Jan 14 08:50:55 EST 2011
Can you picture some poor actor attempting to render that one long word on
stage? It would probably be every bit as difficult as some of the Gilbert and
Sullivan patter songs.
george
gfsomsel
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From: James Ernest <j.d.ernest at bc.edu>
To: B-GREEK list <b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Fri, January 14, 2011 6:47:36 AM
Subject: Re: [B-Greek] Longest word in literature
So if γων is the ultima, and ρύ is the penult, and πτε is the
antepenult, what is λο? (For extra credit: both instances.)
James Ernest
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