DIKAIOSUNH

Jeffrey B. Gibson jgibson000 at mailhost.chi.ameritech.net
Fri Feb 12 17:42:45 EST 1999


George Blaisdell wrote:
> 
> B-Greekers ~
> 
> This is just a little question about Greek word formation.
> 
> ~DIKAIOSUNH~
> 
> Is this word possibly formed by a quasi-sentence that consists of:
> 
> DIK A EI hO SUN H meaning "Right 'without if' the together with" plus
> the ending [H]?  Meaning "That which is together with rightness
> unconditionally", hence righteousness?
> 

About as much as the name of the goddess Dike (Justice) represents a
quasi sentence DI KE meaning "kill the music".

George, please learn some basics about how syllables are divided in
Greek. The proper division is DI KAI OS UN- (giving us, of course,
Princess Di and the rest of us: Di and us uns).

Jeffrey 
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