Re: [tied] Re: hades

From: alex_lycos
Message: 20803
Date: 2003-04-05

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From: "Piotr Gasiorowski" <piotr.gasiorowski@...>
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Subject: Re: [tied] Re: hades


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> From: "alex_lycos" <altamix@...>
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> > I read that the "h" in Greek is read as "e". In this case without
trying to search for more words to verify it, I can see the the form
"hades"= eades. The "e", if accentued should give an "ie" in Romanian
like we seen in so many eyample. If so, then eades > ieades >iad very
regulated
>
> Nonsense. You got it completely wrong by confusing two alphabets. The
letter eta <H> in Classical Greek was pronounced [E:] (> [i] in
post-Classical times), but there was no initial eta in the Greek
spelling of Hades! The word was spelt thus:

Well, the question is this way: ekwos > hippos in Greek, doesn't it?
If so why I cannot assume there has bean an "e" initialy which gave an
"h" like in hippos?

Alex