Modern vocab: I have it! Graphoplitae = Textkittens
Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2005 1:30 pm
I was thinking about the word ὅπλον a few days ago, and suddenly I knew how to say "Textkit" in Greek: τὸ γραφοπλεῖον. Of course we're used to the plural, ὅπλα meaning a soldier's armor, but the basic meaning fits quite nicely with "kit."
The -εῖον indicates place, like μουσεῖον, "Museum."
Textkittens: γραφοπλῐλτ;/της, ου, ὁ m., γραφόπλῐλτ;τις ιδος ἡ f.
The -εῖον indicates place, like μουσεῖον, "Museum."
Textkittens: γραφοπλῐλτ;/της, ου, ὁ m., γραφόπλῐλτ;τις ιδος ἡ f.