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Re: The Alexanders*

By: Cactus Flower in ALEA | Recommend this post (0)
Sun, 22 Dec 13 10:27 PM | 60 view(s)
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also, i looked up radius for this particular geometrical meaning in an ancient greek dictionary yielding no results.

the greek for god is theos, by the way. so you'd be looking for a word like ra-theos rather than ra-deus when thinking about archimedes and the greek mathematicians.

whereas the greek ῥάδις or radis (meaning spoke) which is the Greek equivalent of the Latin word has a delta rather than a theta in its middle.

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Re: The Alexanders*
By: Cactus Flower in ALEA
Sun, 22 Dec 13 10:15 PM 		Msg. 15014 of 54959

hi doma,

has it occurred to you that that is a translation?

and also that archimedes was a greek and radius is a latin word?

perhaps the original greek used half the diameter. i doubt he used a word like radius from the ignorant romans.

diameter is a greek word, though!

the etymological folks may not be as dumb as you think they are.

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