AJN write//> Leopolis, the Latin name for that place.
MF//Not to split hairs but Leopolis would be the Greek name for that place.
//Mark Farley
Dear Mark,
It might be Greek to you and me, but it's Latin to most others. For
example, Leopolis _is_ the Latin name forr the Lemberg/Lwow Archdioces
C'mon guys, :-)))
> AJN write//> Leopolis, the Latin name for that place.
>
> MF//Not to split hairs but Leopolis would be the Greek name for that place.
> It might be Greek to you and me, but it's Latin to most others.
And to some it's Chinese or Böhmische Dörfer ;-))
lat. leo - gr. leon - c
> AJN write//> Leopolis, the Latin name for that place.
> MF//Not to split hairs but Leopolis would be the Greek name for that place.
> //Mark Farley
> It might be Greek to you and me, but it's Latin to most others. For
> example, Leopolis _is_ the Latin name forr the Lemberg/Lwow Archdioces in
> G
Referring to the possibility of mixed Latin and Greek derivations
(Leopolis), the Greek word for Lion is (and pardon that I spell it out, if I
send the Greek characters they won't come through to all) Lambda, epsilon,
omega, nu. And I'm sure we all know that the Greek word for city is polis
(pi, om
Mark kindly reminded me privately that -polis is Greek for city, something
I should have seen before responding to his comment. Now we're speculating
whether Roman would enjoy living in Lwow with all those churches. He seems
so much like a New York City kinda guy.
Sounds like it is a nice city f
> Mark kindly reminded me privately that -polis is Greek for city, something
> I should have seen before responding to his comment.
Not to worry, there was/is no problem in occasional borrowing from Greek
into Latin.
> Now we're speculating
> whether Roman would enjoy living in Lwow with all thos
Hey Art, ya gotta problem wid N'Yawk (prior to Toisday night, or oily Friday
mornin)? I love Baaston, had a lotta good times dere. (OK, time to stop the
false dialect). I must admit that as a native New Yorker (now in New Jersey)
I rather hoped for a Cub/Sox series. But when the Cubs got knocked ou