User talk:Divinenephron/2010

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Thanks for the various corrections here and there. If you have any questions about Ancient Greek here, I'm one of the best folks to ask. Latin is generally covered by EP. -Atelaes λάλει ἐμοί 12:01, 27 April 2010 (UTC)

nor- etymology

Hi Divinenephron. Given that you added that etymology from Wikipedia, you may want to correct the article whencever you got that information — the OED states that it is wrong.  — Raifʻhār Doremítzwr ~ (U · T · C) ~ 12:02, 28 April 2010 (UTC)

Thanks -- I misinterpreted the Wikipedia article and didn't read the references to clarify. I've changed the original article in the hope that it is clearer.

aposiopesis

Just a note that Ancient Greek verbs should generally be cited in the present active indicative first singular form, which is the standard dictionary form. If you don't know it, then you don't know it; no big deal. However, if you do, it's the preferred format. Thanks. -Atelaes λάλει ἐμοί 06:21, 8 May 2010 (UTC)

chylo-

The translation table doesn't match the entry- is there a mistake? Nadando 22:09, 21 May 2010 (UTC)

It certainly is – I copy-and-paste from similar articles as to act as a layout reference, this time I hit the "save" button instead of the "preview" button. Can you suggest a way to get a black article template? Divinenephron 22:11, 21 May 2010 (UTC)

Many folks opt for creating a template page in their user page. I have taken the liberty of creating one for you at User:Divinenephron/Article Template. If this is not something you would find useful, please let me know, and I will happily delete it. -Atelaes λάλει ἐμοί 23:50, 21 May 2010 (UTC)

That is very useful, thanks. I'll add to it as I go along. Divinenephron 08:18, 22 May 2010 (UTC)

acrimonious

I think the two edits produced conflicting etymologies. Either English created an adjective from a noun and an adjectiving suffix, or we received it as an adjective from French. -Atelaes λάλει ἐμοί 08:28, 6 June 2010 (UTC)

I agree, it does look most disjointed. What I wrote was an attempt to add the historic etymology (French) whilst still noting that it relates to the word acrimony (which is a lot more useful to most people). I'll move the latter to the definition.

Ancient Greek descendants

Yes definitely, lots of our extinct languages need them. Latin does better than most, but still needs many more. Mglovesfun (talk) 20:29, 12 June 2010 (UTC)

Ok, Atelaes beat me to it.

See unus#Descendants for a glimpse of the ideal we're striving for. --EncycloPetey 21:10, 12 June 2010 (UTC)