Re: Breton, Cornish & French

Renia wrote:
> Larry Swain wrote:
> 
>> Westprog wrote:
>>
>>> Renia wrote:
>>>
>>>> Chess One wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> ...
>>>
>>>>> But do you understand your terms, Renia? To discourse as we are /is/
>>>>> ontological. That is from the [Gr.] 'logos', discourse.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> Rubbish.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> Ontos is the genitive of the Greek eimai - to be [ontos - of being]
>>
>>
>> More specifically, it is the genitive singular of the present 
>> participle of the verb eimai, to be.  
> 
> 
> Indeed. When I began learning Greek, I was surprised that there was no 
> name for verbs, i.e. "to be", or "etre". All Greek verbs are known by 
> the first person singular, in this case "eimai" - I am.
> 
> 
>> Since the word "ontology" is formed from Classical Greek roots, the 
>> rule of thumb is when looking for the root of a noun or verbal noun 
>> form (such as a participle), the genitive singular will always give 
>> you the root.  Thus, the "onto-" of ontology is the root of the 
>> participle, not strictly its genitive form.
>>
>>>> Logia is the Greek for science, or knowledge
>>
>>
>> True, but it is from the same root as logos, the verb lego.
> 
> 
> Again, "lego" is the first person singular, meaning "I say" or "I 
> speak", more specifically: I am saying, I am speaking, I am telling.
> 
> Logos is the masculine noun: speech, word, saying, rumour, (etc).
> 
> Logiazo means "I am taking into consideration".
> 
> Logia (this may be an ancient Greek word - I don't know - it's not in my

> dictionary) is more akin to "logic", than "saying". "Logia" (as in the 
> root of -ology) is "knowledge", in the sense of arranging things in 
> order, rather than by what is said.

The ancient word is logeia and oddly enough refers to tax collection, 
among other things.