Biblical Hebrew Forum

["George Athas" <gathas AT ausisp.com>]

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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