Ticia wrote: > > Actually, the 'homo' refers to 'same' (as in same sex), not to homo as in > Homo Sapiens (man). Not sure where *that* 'homo' comes from... > _Homo_ for same is Greek, _Homo_ for Human is Latin. Probably _homosexual_ is a barbarism, mixing Greek and Latin.
Does anyone know how to say _sex_ in Greek? The virgin goddess of wisdom etc daughter of Zeus was _Athena_, and her temple was the _Parthenon_. Both _a-_ and _par-_ are prefixes that mean a kind of negation, so I guess this *_then_ must have something to do with sex. Alberto Monteiro _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
