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Greek for "blog"

Posted: October 12th, 2011, 12:59 am
by NathanSmith
I read a blog comment on website which used το βλογ as a transliteration for "blog." That got me thinking. I think ο δικτυλογος would be a good translation of "blog." Thoughts?

Re: Greek for "blog"

Posted: October 13th, 2011, 12:23 am
by Mark Lightman
Hi, Nathan,

δικτυλόγος is an excellent rendering of blog. Cf. δικτυβάλος, a fisherman.

Re: Greek for "blog"

Posted: October 13th, 2011, 6:39 am
by Barry Hofstetter
Maybe... but ancient Greek was also not averse to borrowings. Generally a word closely associated with a concept coming from another linguistic/cultural matrix will tend to be simply that word appropriately modified for the new language. τὸ βλόγ, τοῦ βλόγ... would work just fine, though I agree that the translation suggestion sounds plausible as well.

Re: Greek for "blog"

Posted: October 13th, 2011, 10:04 am
by Jonathan Robie
Is there a Greek word for a pile of papyrus scraps?