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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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"Information is not knowledge,
knowledge is not wisdom,
and wisdom is not foresight.
Each grows out of the other
and we need them all."
(Arthur C. Clarke)
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