It says Orcus comes from the root ARC-, which is "to shut in, to keep off", Greek αρκεω.
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ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
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ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
Ummaka qinnassa nīk!
*MySmiley*
The OED word of the day
- 03/01/2012 12:13:45 PM
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Tolkien really broke with principles on that one.
- 03/01/2012 02:47:27 PM
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According to him, he was reviving the Old English word for "demon".
- 03/01/2012 06:35:49 PM
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Which, in turn, is from the Latin Orcus.
- 03/01/2012 06:49:33 PM
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And then there's Ariosto's orcs
- 03/01/2012 07:16:15 PM
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I had to buy that in paperback from amazon.it... *NM*
- 03/01/2012 10:44:39 PM
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I got the Italian edition for free on my Kindle for iPad
- 03/01/2012 11:01:15 PM
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I just can't read books on e-readers. I tried with my iPad, I tried with my wife's Kindle.
- 03/01/2012 11:11:06 PM
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Ends up coming from ορκος (Oath) I think. *NM*
- 03/01/2012 07:23:42 PM
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And looking at my dictionary...
- 03/01/2012 10:47:16 PM
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