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  • From: "George Athas" <gathas AT ausisp.com>
  • To: "Biblical Hebrew" <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: Re: Solomon
  • Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2001 22:59:55 +1000


Also, the "-ides" in Maimonides is an ancient Greek way of saying "son of".
Thus,
Maimonides means "son of Maimon". It's very common in Homeric Greek and is
still in use
amongst Greek names today, mostly with people whose ancestry lies in northern
Greece or
Anatolia. The more modern way of doing the same thing is with -poulos (though
it simply
means "little one" rather than literally "son of"). So, if Maimonides had
lived in the
Pelopponese today, he would have been Maimonopoulos!!!


Best regards,

GEORGE ATHAS
(Sydney, Australia)
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