Not a z--it's a final s

Post #160,273 by FuManChu 6/17/04 4:24:57 PM Reply	Not a z--it's a final s Greek has two s characters; one for finals and one for everyday use. mas might be a variant of makron (large, tall) or maiomai (to seek) or mastizo (to whip) sotor is most likely a variant of soter (savior).
Post #160,274 by inthane-chan 6/17/04 4:28:47 PM Reply	"our savior" most likely... ...was used in reference to my godlike technical skills. Tired of lying in the sunshine staying home to watch the rain. You are young and life is long and there is time to kill today. And then one day you find ten years have got behind you. No one told you when to run, you missed the starting gun.
Post #160,280 by Silverlock 6/17/04 4:48:36 PM Reply	Nahh Someone just wants you to go see Mel's film, The Jesus Chainsaw Massacre. ----------------------------------------- It is much harder to be a liberal than a conservative. Why? Because it is easier to give someone the finger than it is to give them a helping hand. Mike Royko
Post #160,291 by FuManChu 6/17/04 6:26:14 PM Reply	Then they left out the first letter: "mas" should be "umas" to mean "our", unless it's a contraction? Good guess.
Post #160,330 by deSitter 6/17/04 9:53:53 PM Reply	Re: Not a z--it's a final s The final sigma is written like a standard Roman s - that character is "zeta". -drl
Post #160,362 by FuManChu 6/18/04 12:07:36 AM Reply	Bzuh? Greek zeta, after being mangled through the Etruscan alphabet, possibly became the letter I in the Roman alphabet. They (the Romans) didn't borrow Y and Z until after the conquest of Greece, 146 BC. Not to mention that Greek didn't have any lowercase letters until after 300 BC; the Roman alphabet (including that capital I) existed at least as early as the founding of Rome, supposedly 753 BC.
Post #160,368 by deSitter 6/18/04 3:52:51 AM Reply	Re: Bzuh? [link\|http://www.fact-index.com/g/gr/greek_alphabet.html\|http://www.fact-inde...eek_alphabet.html] Final sigma is not zeta, whatever zeta is. -drl

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