Re: [tied] Plural endings in city names, Greek

Cf. also Aristotle, Politics I.2, which supports the
"union of villages" theory.

--- "Joao S. Lopes" <josimo70@...> wrote:

> My guess is that these -endings were Pre-Greek
> suffixes that became "plural" by folk-etymology.
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> Piotr Gasiorowski <gpiotr@...> escreveu:
> On 2006-08-18 15:37,
> Joao S. Lopes wrote:
>
> > What's the explanation for the plural names in
> Greek cities like
> > Delphoi, Athenai, Mykenai ?
>
> My guess is that the larger Greek cities arose as
> clusters of several
> smaller villages and settlements, but perhaps
> somebody's got a better
> explanation.
>
> Piotr
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