From: george knysh
Message: 19704
Date: 2003-03-11
> Err... you _are_ wrong here. <aga-> as in Agamemnon*****GK: Could the AGA in AGATHYRSI also be an
> is an intensifying prefix in Greek (etymological
> interpretations vary; it might be the zero grade of
> <mega->, i.e. *m.g^h2-, thouh I'm aware of other
> possibilities as well). But in Agathocles the first
> element is simply <agatHo-> 'good, noble'. Agathyrsi
> does make sense as a _Greek_ name (even if it should
> be a folk-etymologial distortion of an unknown
> original, or whatever).
>
> Piotr
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