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Understand โPhilipโ Through Etymology
____________________________________#1. ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐๐๐บ๐ผ๐น๐ผ๐ด๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ช๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑPhilip derives from Greek – “hippo”, meaning “horse”. In Ancient Greece only the rich could own horses. Philip, therefore meant a horse-lover.____________________________________Want to study with Logophilia?ย For now,ย BUY LOGOPHILIA #eBOOKS on Amazonย https://amzn.to/2yMtBrT____________________________________2020 ยฉ Logophilia Education Pvt. Ltd.____________________________________#Logophilia #Etymology #Vocabulary #EnglishWords #Names #EtymologyEducation #WordOrigins #Understand #MyFavouriteWords #TheOriginOfPhilip #TheEtymologyOfPhilip #StudyWithLogophilia #Education #HowToUnderstandPhilip #WhoIsPhilip #PhilipMeaning- 07 May 2020
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Understand โPandemicโ Through Etymology
Whatโs a ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐บ๐ถ๐ฐ? Why is #COVID19 called a #pandemic? Why does this remind me of #government, #statistics, & #PublicSpeaking?____________________________________#1. ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐๐๐บ๐ผ๐น๐ผ๐ด๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ช๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑThe word โPandemicโ comes from the Greek parts ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ป (โallโ), ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐บ (โpeopleโ), & -๐ถ๐ฐ (โofโ, or โrelated toโ). A ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐บ๐ถ๐ฐ, therefore, is something (said mostly of diseases) that is ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ผ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ.____________________________________#2. ๐ช๐ต๐ผ ๐ป๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ถ๐?Unclear. The earliest meaning of a pandemic was not in reference to a disease-category, but in the sense of “pertaining to all people; public, commonโ.____________________________________#3. ๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฑ?The term “a pandemic diseaseโ was first used in print in 1853.____________________________________#4. ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐บ๐ถ๐ฐ?An epidemic is smaller in scale than a ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐บ๐ถ๐ฐ which is an epidemic that has spread across a large region, affecting a substantial number of people.____________________________________#5. ๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ผ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐? When you think ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐บ๐ถ๐ฐ you should be reminded of:A. ๐ด๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ โ because democracy also comes from โdemโ (people)B. ๐๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ โ because statistical data about people is called demographicsC. ๐ฝ๐๐ฏ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ ๐๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด โ because of Demosthenes, whose name means “vigour of the peopleโ. #Demosthenes, anย iconic orator, is best known for his speeches (the 4 Phillipics) against King Philip II of Macedon (the father of Alexander the Great).____________________________________Want to study with Logophilia?ย For now,ย BUY LOGOPHILIA #eBOOKS on Amazonย https://amzn.to/2yMtBrT____________________________________2020 ยฉ Logophilia Education Pvt. Ltd.____________________________________#Logophilia #Etymology #Vocabulary #CoronaPandemic #coronavirus #WhyIsItCalledPandemic #EnglishWords #EtymologyEducation #WordOrigins #Understand #MyFavouriteWords #TheOriginOfPandemic #WHO #TheEtymologyOfPandemic #StudyWithLogophilia #Education #HowToUnderstandPandemic #pandemic2020 #WhatIsPandemic #PandemicMeaning- 02 May 2020
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Understand โCoronaโ Through Etymology
The Etymology of โCoronaโ
Coronaviruses are a group of RNA viruses that cause diseases in mammals and birds. In humans, they cause mild to lethal respiratory tract infections. The name comes from the Latin “Corona”, meaning crown/wreath.ย These are so-called because they are surrounded by large, bulb-like structures, creating a solar corona (halo) like appearance.
Do you know why coronaviruses are called “corona” viruses? Why does this remind me of the heart, and flowers, and royal people? โฅ๏ธ
____________________________________#1. ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐๐๐บ๐ผ๐น๐ผ๐ด๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ช๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ
The name “coronavirus” is derived from Latinย ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ, meaning “crown” or “wreath”. This Latin word itself is a borrowing fromย the Greek word for the same.
____________________________________#2. ๐ช๐ต๐ผ ๐ป๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ถ๐?
The name was coined byย June Almeidaย andย David Tyrrell,ย who first observed and studied human coronaviruses.
____________________________________#3. ๐ช๐ต๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ป๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฑ?The word was first used in print in 1968 by an informal group of virologists in the journal Nature to designate the new family of viruses.____________________________________
#4.๐ช๐ต๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ป-๐น๐ถ๐ธ๐ฒ?
The name refers to the characteristic appearance ofย virionsย (the infective form of the virus), which have a fringe of large, bulb-like surface projections creating an image similar to theย ๐๐ผ๐น๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎย or halo.
____________________________________#5. ๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ผ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐?When you think ๐พ๐ค๐ง๐ค๐ฃ๐ you should be reminded of:
A. the ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ – because ๐พ๐ค๐ง๐ค๐ฃ๐๐ง๐ฎ ๐๐ง๐ฉ๐๐ง๐๐๐จ encircle the heart like a crown;
B. a ๐๐น๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ – because certain flowers have a crown-shaped perianth appendage called a ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ
C. a ๐ฅ๐ผ๐๐ฎ๐น – because the crowning ceremony of a queen or a king is called a ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป
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Figures of Speech | #1 | Chiasmus
Chiasmus | As a figure of speech
Pronounced
[kee-AZ-muss]Etymology
“Chiasmus comes from the Greek “chiasm” meaning “X”; or diagonal.
Meaning
Chiasmus is a rhetorical device, literally meaning “to shape like the letter ฮง”, is a “reversal of grammatical structures in successive phrases or clauses โ but no repetition of words”.
This speech follows a diagonal structure.
For instance, the following sentence from Socrates, 5th Century B.C.
โBad men live that they may eat and drink, whereas good men eat and drink that they may live.โ
Let’s break this down into:
1. parts in the sentence
2. arguments (X & Y) in the sentence.Break-Up #1 | The Parts in the Sentence
Break-Up #2 | The Arguments in the Sentence
X = type of menย | Y = their purpose
โX do (something) so that they Y, whereas X do Y that they get something else.โ
As per www.literarydevices.net, we should notice thatย the second half of thisย sentence is an inverted form of the first half, both grammatically and logically. What must also be noticed that this reversal was achieved without repeating the words across both parts of the sentence.
More Details
- Chiasmus should not be confused for antimetabole, which also involves a reversal of grammatical structures in successive phrases or clauses, but unlike chiasmus, it presents a repetition of words in an X-Y-Y-X configuration.
- E.g. “Live to eat; or eat to live.” would be the antimetabole way of saying the same thing, as it involves repetition of words in an X-Y-Y-X format
More Examples
- “By day the frolic, and the dance by night.” โ Samuel Johnson, The Vanity of Human Wishes (1794)
- “Despised, if ugly; if she’s fair, betrayed.” โ Mary Leapor, “Essay on Woman” (1751)
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Understand โCupidityโ Through Etymology
The Etymology of โCupidityโ
The word โcupidityโ comes from the Latin parts โcupidโ (to boil) & โityโ (phenomenon of). Here “boiling” means to crave for something. Hence, โcupidityโ is a lusting after or craving for material possession and acquisition, much like “avarice”.
Cognates:ย Other derivatives from โcupidโ includeย “Cupid“, “cupidous”, “cupidinous”,ย etc.
What are you boiling for? ๐
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Understand “Revenue” through Etymology
The Etymology of “Revenue”
The word “revenue” comes from the Latin parts “re” (back) & “ven” (to come). “Revenue” is that (part of our investment) which comes back to us.
Cognates:ย Other derivatives from “ven” includeย convent,ย adventure, invent, circumvent, etc.
The Etymology of Revenue
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