Re: Religion-Names in Conlangs. Or At Least in Mine. :)

Eric Christopherson <eric@...> wrote:

>
>J. Barefoot wrote:
>> >christianity:  how was "christ" pronounced in ancient greek?
>>
>> BTW, the term "Christian" was originally a bit of military
terminology,
>> something like "Christ's squadron" or "legion," in the same vein as
the
>> Roman legions naming themselves after Roman gods. The new converts
>> needed a way to distinguish themselves from the "paganoi," literaly
the
>> "civilians".
>
>Hmm... I thought "pagan" was from Latin "paganus," "country dweller"
>(cf. English "heathen," "heath-dweller.") "Paganoi" looks Greek.
>
Like I said, perhaps. Perhaps the Romans borrowed it from the Greeks;
its not been unknown to happen. Anyway, I was just telling you what I
heard from my crazy Latin teacher, and he's usually right about
classical things like that.

J. Barefoot

P.S. Now that we're all acquainted, you may address me as Jen.

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