Re: Dicussion on 'hermaphrodite' (was Of accents & dialects
| From: | Edgard Bikelis <bikelis@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, November 3, 2008, 7:44 |
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Well, on hair-splitting matters: andros is the genitive of ane:r, but it's
not the genitive form that forms ; ) the word, for it lacks the -s-... so
it's the theme of ane:r (genitive less -os I guess), with the 'connective o'
(probably analogical from the second declension) and the full form of gyne:.
Like geographia... this -o- is gratuitous (why is ge- with short e? hm...).
Edgard.
On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 4:33 AM, Scotto Hlad <scott.hlad@...> wrote:
> I'd like to add to the etymology for androgyne. Andro is the genitive form
> of aner the Greek word for man and gyne is the Greek word for woman.
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