From: Abdullah Konushevci
Message: 49220
Date: 2007-06-30
>I think that Modern Greek forms are: he gata 'cat' and ho gatos 'male
> Not on the thread as it has developed. To go back to Rick's question
> in what are for me the wee small hours. Ailouros is classical Greek
> - when introduced to the word 45 years ago it was accounted for as
> 'tail lifter' or 'tail lifting' - ouros is tail, aileo: (iirc) lift,
> raise. Identifying a feline characteristic. of course. Is there a
> noa word lurking elsewhere - I do not recall any 'cat' word in
> classical Greek, but it is there in modern Greek. My LSJ remains
> packed away, so I cannot refer to it easily.
>
> Gordon
> <gordonselway@...>