Re: [tied] Re: Tor/Tur/(e)

On Sat, 24 Jan 2004 14:56:05 +0000, Glen Gordon <glengordon01@...>
wrote:

>Miguel:
>>Atlas is "the one who endures" (he carries the world on his shoulders), so
>>the a- is not privative *n.-
>
>Are you sure?

Not 100%. Pokorny lists Atlas under *tel&- without comment, and I have
never really looked at Greek mythological names.

>Isn't Atlas enduring a burden that is "un-endurable" to mortal
>man?

But *-ent/*-ont (here *-ant) is not -able, it's more like -er.

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