Daily Archives: Sunday: April 30, 2006

Any Questions?

Posted on Sunday: April 30, 2006 by Michael Hendry

The Rat wants a feminine equivalent of ‘avuncular’. That’s easy: ‘materteral’. According to the Random House Word of the Day site, the word is listed only once in the Oxford English Dictionary, but is actually older (1823) than ‘avuncular’ (1831). … Continue reading →

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The Last of Timon’s Last Words

Posted on Sunday: April 30, 2006 by Michael Hendry

Book VII of the Greek Anthology includes a sequence of eight supposed epitaphs of Timon of Athens, the famous misanthrope, epigrams 313-320. Having already posted seven of them, here is the eighth, by “Zenodotus or Rhianus” (A.P. 7.315), with W. … Continue reading →

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