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Date: Thu, 7 Nov 2002 00:52:07 -0500 (EST)
From: Elias J Theodoracopoulos <ejt1@columbia.edu>
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Subject: Re: a metrical query
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On Wed, 6 Nov 2002, John Isles wrote:

> Um, my Middle Liddell lists 27 Greek words that begin ekth- including
> ekthlibo from which we get ecthlipsis.  The three ecth- words I mentioned
> earlier that are listed in the OED (ecthlipsis, ecthesis and ecthyma) are
> all exact transliterations from the Greek, according to the OED.  Are
> Liddell & Scott and the OED wrong, then?

No, they are not. The word is EK THLI PSIS, from EK THLI BO:
The K is not aspirated.

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