Saturday, April 21, 2007

help mama, dahling

what's the plural of "exegesis"?
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5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hello, the word exegesis is unchanged as plural when used in Greek, is my understanding. Would love to know the answer. Happy moving! Love from all at Eltham.

2:55 am
gumtreefid farmer said...

i hear from a librarian friend that it's "exegeses". isn't it interesting that it doesn't change in greek? i wonder what the latin is.

great to hear from you - love to all.

3:17 pm
Anonymous said...

yep, no good asking me - i let my greek licence lapse a while ago

g

4:33 pm
Anonymous said...

It may be a word which does not have a close Latiin equivalent. According to dictionary.com the plural is exegeses, which would fit the pattern of words such as crisis, another word of Greek origin.

BBB

6:50 pm
gumtreefid farmer said...

well, it's not in the collins gem latin dictionary. yes, the house i'm staying in has one lying around. there's also a greek-english lexicon on the bookshelf, but i can't work out how to find the word.

etymology is fun!

11:37 pm

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