Re: Odyssey Orbit

[Larry Cartwright <exit60@CABLESPEED.COM>]

Bernard Cleyet wrote:
> I think peri (gee, helion, etc.) is the same prefix as in peripatetic.
> Whatever, it serves as a gnomonic for me.

OK Bernard,
you've gotten my attention and created a teachable moment -

What is a "gnomonic"?

What is your associative connection between the "peri" prefix meaning
"near or nearest", and "peripatetic" which means "moving about hither
and thither"?

I agree it's the same prefix; but I don't see why you are associating
words which use two of the prefix's three totally different meanings.

Ready to learn,

Larry

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Larry Cartwright   <exit60@cablespeed.com>
Retired (June 2001) Physics Teacher
Charlotte MI 48813 USA
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 knowledge is not wisdom,
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 Each grows out of the other
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