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2 29 11_Latin Roots16_Kenneth G Miller23_kennethgmiller@juno.com29_Mon, 14 Aug 2000 06:26:31 EDT360_- Hebrew of Rabbinic/Mishnaic times contains many words of Greek origin. ("Sanhedrin" is probably the most famous example.) But I never noticed any words with Latin roots until last week, in the "Nachem" prayer of Tisha B'Av, where I noticed the word "ligyonot", which several sources translate as "legions", from the Latin "legere", meaning "to gather". [...]
32 71 15_Re: Latin Roots13_Richard Isaac18_rmisaac@eskimo.com37_Mon, 14 Aug 2000 08:22:12 -0700 (PDT)462_US-ASCII >From _How the Hebrew Language Grew_ (Horowitz, 1960):<br><br>"There aren't nearly as many Latin words in Hebrew as there are [from] Greek..."<br><br>and the examples given are: (' = 'alef ; t. = t.et)<br><br>signon qunt.ras (from commentarus) qufsa klonsa'ot ligyon wilon disqus safsal pamalya' t.avla qulmos naqniq gardom (< gradus) livlar (< libelus) sulya mil not.riqon pigyon qapendarya' qaron monit.in (< monetos) pat.ron t.iron t.raqlin bul [...]
104 24 15_Re: Latin Roots17_Leonard Berkowitz40_Leonard.S.Berkowitz.c56@alumni.upenn.edu31_Mon, 14 Aug 2000 20:51:16 -0400552_us-ascii At 06:26 AM 08/14/2000 -0400, you wrote: ------------------- Original Message --------------------- >I'm wondering how many other Latin-derived words have escaped my notice >over the years.<br><br><br><br><br><br>==================== Leonard S. Berkowitz Sharon, Massachusetts (home) mailto:Leonard.S.Berkowitz@alumni.upenn.edu<br><br>------------------------ heblang@shamash.org -----------------------+ Hosted by Shamash: The Jewish Internet Consortium http://shamash.org ------------------------ heblang@shamash.org -----------------------=