Re: KENTRON

From: Steven Cox (scox@ns1.chinaonline.com.cn.net)
Date: Sun Feb 01 1998 - 03:40:43 EST


        Hi Eric

At 00:58 98/02/01 -0600, Eric Weiss wrote:
>While it seems from BAGD and LSJ (Internet Perseus) that KENTRON
>primarily means 2) above (i.e., the sharp pointed thing that causes the
>"sting"), can it also mean the resulting sting itself as it does in
>English?

        Isn't the English rather lazy in this? (e.g. compare
        aguijo'n and aguijonazo in Spanish). Without a shred
        of lexical evidence to support this I'd have thought
        that such a meaning would require a new coinage such
        a RhAPIS -> RhAPISMA. (Or maybe RhAPISMA actually
        comes from RhAPIZW and that isn't a good example?)

        By the way I'd guess you know this anyway, but I didn't
        so I mention it; Hosea's earlier use of KENTRON is as 2)

        KAI EGW hWS TARACH TWi EFRAIM, KAI hWS KENTRON TWi OIKWi
        IOUDA Hos5:12

        Cheers
        Steven



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