[B-Greek] Parmenides, MONOGENHS and Buck’s Reverse Index of Greek Nouns and Adjectives
Blue Meeksbay
bluemeeksbay at yahoo.com
Tue May 10 18:47:34 EDT 2011
I recently was reading an article in *The Classical Quarterly*, (John R. Wilson,
"Parmenides, B 8. 4," The Classical Quarterly, New Series, Vol. 20, No. 1. (May,
1970), pp. 32-34.), concerning the word MONOGENHS and came across the following
quote:
*Proponents of the meaning ‘sui generis’ point to the derivation of the –
γενηςsuffix from γενος. But a glance at Buck’s reverse Index (pp. 723-4) shows
that in the vast majority of cases the suffix –γενης = ‘begotten.’ Before Plato,
only in συγγενης, ομογενης, and αγενης (in the sense of ‘ignoble) can the –
γενηςsuffix have the meaning ‘kin’ = γενος.*
I am sure the reference is accurate, but I always like to check sources whenever
possible. Unfortunately, I do not have a copy of Carl D. Buck’s *Reverse Index
of Greek Nouns and Adjectives*. I checked online to see if I could purchase
one, but they were selling for $150-$200 dollars! I was wondering if anyone on
the list might have a copy of this book and, assuming one has the time, might
check to see if the quote above is an accurate assessment of what Buck writes.
I will paste the same quote below converted into B Greek.
*Proponents of the meaning ‘sui generis’ point to the derivation of the – GENHS
suffix from GENOS. But a glance at Buck’s reverse Index (pp. 723-4) shows that
in the vast majority of cases the suffix –GENHS = ‘begotten.’ Before Plato,
only in SUGGENHS, OMOGENHS, andAGENHS (in the sense of ‘ignoble) can the – GENHS
suffix have the meaning ‘kin’ = GENOS.*
Any help would be appreciated.
Sincerely,
Blue Harris
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