Re: OT Plectrums (Re: Fwd: Re: OT strummin' on the old banjo)
| From: | Carsten Becker <carbeck@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, September 12, 2007, 14:14 |
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On Sun, 9 Sep 2007 20:05:49 +0100, R A Brown
<ray@...> wrote:
>>>I believe this was so, but I'm not sure what the ancient plectrums
>>>were made from (but not from plastic :)
My conpeople would probably make them of bone.
>Oh yes, before some writes in, I do know that _Latin_ plural of
>'plectrum' is 'plectra.' Indeed, 'plectra' /ple:ktra/ was also the
>ancient (non-Doric) Greek plural; but their singular was 'plectron' :)
And indeed, we can say both in German: _Plektron_ and _Plektrum_, both are
neuter and both have _Plektren_ as their plural.
Carsten
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