From: Rick McCallister
Message: 61412
Date: 2008-11-05
> From: A. <xthanex@...>No, thank whoever gave you the answer, not me --I got mixed in here by mistake
> Subject: Re: [tied] Ares again
> To: cybalist@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Wednesday, November 5, 2008, 9:20 AM
> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Rick McCallister
> <gabaroo6958@...>
> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --- On Thu, 10/23/08, A. <xthanex@...> wrote:
> >
> > . . .
> > > Latin: errare `(umher)irren, sich verirren'
> > >
> > . . .
> > >
> > > Any additional thoughts??
> > >
> > > Sincerely,
> > > Aydan
> >
> > Not an additional thought, just additional ignorance
> > the way Latin errare is offered up suggest the
> compiler saw it as a
> compound word;
> > but from what?
> > ex-rare doesn't get you any closer to Ares, unless
> you have another
> way of explaining the -r-, -rr-
> >
>
>
> Thank you Rick, I really don't know.. I'm way over
> my head here!
>
> I'm also pondering the similarity between Ares and Eris
> (goddess of
> strife) and the Greek Arai (spirits of curses). I have no
> idea if
> there might be any connection.
> I also noted Pokorny's entry *eres- "to pierce,
> stab" and wonder if
> there may be any connection there?
>
> Regards,
> Aydan the clueless