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Hello. I saw the IPA pronunciation you added for the Greek name of Isis. I have a question: what does [î] mean in IPA? I can't find it on the vowel chart. A. Parrot (talk) 01:28, 25 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
I am the guilty party that edited the uncontracted infinitive from TIMAEIN to TIMAEEN. (Sorry: I can't do Greek letters.)
I took the information from Abbot and Mansfield, "A Primer of Greek Grammar", Section 119 (Bottom of page)
However, it has been rather "on my conscience", and I returned to re-instate TIMAEIN. Too late! You'd got here before me.
The only support that I have found is in Kinchin Smith and Melluish, "KEPOS-Greek in Two Years", Second Impression, 1952; Page 179. (I understand that the same material had been used in early editions of "Teach Yourself Greek".)
There is a more weighty reference, as I recall, lurking somewhere else; but I cannot, of course, find it.
In Attic as far as I know even in the Pre-Euclidean Alphabet the -ειν infinitive (spurious diphthong) was written -εν, not -εεν. There might be a case to include and present previous historical steps/forms but imo not in this specific/table article, at least not in its present state, especially when other arguably much more important, major stuff are missing from it. In any case and as far as I know the norm on presenting and explaining Attic contracted verbs is to stick to the contraction of the -α,ε,ο (and the other minor groups) "character" (as it is called in Greek) of the stem plus the -ω and other suffixes and not to include any contraction or other transformation of the latter suffixes themselves. PS As far as I know or have read, historically the evolution of this suffix was possibly or probably something like this: Attic infinitive -ειν [< -εν (older spelling, pre Archon Euclid; -εν = later -ειν = /eː/)] < *-εεν (attested in Ionic?) < *-εἑν ( i.e. *-εhεν, or if you prefer *-ehen) < *-εσεν (or again equivalently *-esen), a sequence similar to e.g. λύῃ (2nd person sg. Present Middle/Passive Indicative of λύω; later λύει) < *λύεαι (attested?) < *λύεαἱ (i.e. *λύεhαι etc.) < *λύεσαι (i.e. ...). PPS Whether the 'original', the much older froms are indeed attested in e.g. Mycenaean Greek (in Linear B) is something I don't recall and something I certainly don't have the time to search for at this time so I've just used the asterisks denoting reconstructed or hypothetical forms... Thanatos|talk|contributions05:12, 20 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Hello again!
(I'm using "Edit" to make this response; I hope that that is the correct procedure. I'll soon find out.)
Many thanks for all the trouble that you've taken; you've given me plenty to chew on. Fascinating stuff.
I'll keep a gentle eye open for any further info; but I certainly take your point about what is and is not appropriate to be included in this Wikipedia article.
Once again, my thanks for your courtesy, and for the trouble that you have taken, in making your response.
You're welcome. PS I strongly suggest you create for yourself an account and then edit! Also, yes clicking on "edit" (the relevant section's, the topic's one, not the top one; the latter is used for editing the whole page) is how to the job ("New section" by definition is for creating a new section to discuss a new/different topic) when replying but the rest isn't, though as you're probably a newbie, a novice wikipedian, don't trouble yourself with this, with what you've already done but only with the future. You could start for example by using : n+1 times (n being equal to the last instance of it being used by a collocutor; i.e. if last/previous one is "" (i.e. none) then ":", if "::::" then ":::::" and so on and so forth) in order to have indentation, by using ~~~~ to sign your comments and <br> for line breaks, new lines, etc. ... Thanatos|talk|contributions11:12, 20 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Since among other things I couldn't find any such comment by you in the user-talk page of any of the opposing parties, I'm informing you that I'm putting this comment of yours in its rightful place, i.e. the garbage collector of my memory... ;-) Thanatos|talk|contributions04:42, 9 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Francesco Giavazzi
Did you read this piece of shit? I think this comment by ceteris paribus was the best, extremely amusing. Medium scores some good points. What's stunning is that worthless crap like this is allowed in the world's leading business and finance newspaper, a supposedly high-brow publication.
Yes I've read it, in fact I did the day it went out. My reaction to it? Well, better not to repeat it herein, be it in translation or in the original Greek... :D Thanatos|talk|contributions11:14, 12 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
A barnstar for you!
The Original Barnstar
This is for your stamina in dealing with the vitriol, lies, hypocrisy, and general unpleasantness being displayed on various Greece-related articles. YeOldeGentleman (talk) 14:02, 10 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Thanx! Sorry for not replying earlier but apart from real life stuff, apart also from having to keep up to date with the ongoing, the daily hilarotragoidia that is the real world Greek crisis, you're obviously aware of what I've been having to deal with herein. Thanatos|talk|contributions11:25, 12 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
