what does this mean??

[John L]

I have a question about a word I am not familar with in Greek. It is found at the end of a "Hail Mary" in Greek. It is "MAS."

TWRA TOU THANATOU MAS, AMHN.

What does it mean?

[xanthos64]

It's the possessive pronoun "our", so that the line reads (I think) "at the hour of our death, Amen."

[Democritus]

I have a question about a word I am not familar with in Greek. It is found at the end of a "Hail Mary" in Greek. It is "MAS."

TWRA TOU THANATOU MAS, AMHN.

What does it mean?

Say, would you mind posting the full text, or posting a URL to a site that includes it? I'm curious to see some everyday prayers in Greek.

Thanks.

[Democritus]

After a brief search I found these links. But the text of the Hail Mary seems to be different from the one you were quoting.

http://mywebpages.comcast.net/enpeters/ ... oaudio.htm


http://mywebpages.comcast.net/enpeters/ ... oaudio.htm

http://mywebpages.comcast.net/enpeters/latin_poems.htm

[John L]

If you scroll all the way down you will see the Hail Mary prayer that I am talking about. Thank you so much for your help!!

http://198.62.75.1/www1/pater/JPN-greek.html

[John L]

Democritus,

Why are there all those little boxes between all the Greek letters on that site you gave?

[Democritus]

Democritus,

Why are there all those little boxes between all the Greek letters on that site you gave?

It's probably a font issue, maybe that site specifies a font that you don't happen to have on your PC. I'm no expert in fonts, so I can't try to help. (I would make things worse, heh.)