latin for far/distant
Timothy Hunt
Can anyone tell me of the latin prefix that means "far/distant"?
ie the latin equivalent of the Greek "tele-"
Timothy
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Geoff Butler
Timothy Hunt <eng...@timothy.org.uk.NO.SPAM> wrote:
>Can anyone tell me of the latin prefix that means "far/distant"?
>ie the latin equivalent of the Greek "tele-"
"Tele" itself means "at a distance", and the Latin for this is "longe".
It doesn't seem to be much used as a prefix, though.
-ler
John Ritson
In article <5hf582$1...@diamond.xara.net>, Timothy Hunt <english@timothy.
org.uk.NO.SPAM> writes
>Can anyone tell me of the latin prefix that means "far/distant"?
>ie the latin equivalent of the Greek "tele-"
Long?
John
The Lone Arranger
John Ritson <jo...@jritson.demon.co.uk> said:
There may be an embryonic one in "dist-." Consider the word "distal,"
an antonym of "proximal." "Distal" means:
| Situated away from the point of origin or attachment, as of a
| limb or bone
The word "distant" is from a participle of Latin "distare."
The Latin-Greek hybrid word "television" might better be "distavision."
Timothy Hunt
In article <334f757f...@nntp.ix.netcom.com>,
The Lone Arranger <ad...@lafn.org> wrote:
>
>The Latin-Greek hybrid word "television" might better be "distavision."
>
why I asked the question, to generate the "pure latin" version of the word.
The Greek equivalent would be teleoptikus I think.
Aaron J. Dinkin
In article <OOZdiKA+$DPz...@jritson.demon.co.uk>, John Ritson
<jo...@jritson.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>In article <5hf582$1...@diamond.xara.net>, Timothy Hunt <english@timothy.
>org.uk.NO.SPAM> writes
>>Can anyone tell me of the latin prefix that means "far/distant"?
>>ie the latin equivalent of the Greek "tele-"
>
>Long?
There is no Latin prefix with that meaning, but if you really _had_ to you
could take John's suggestion and draft "longi-". I doubt the Romans ever
used it as a prefix, though.
-Aaron J. Dinkin
Dr. Whom
Truly Donovan
The Lone Arranger wrote:
>
> The Latin-Greek hybrid word "television" might better be "distavision."
Nah, too close to "VistaVision" (coming soon to a theater near you).
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Truly Donovan
"Industrial-strength SGML," Prentice Hall 1996
ISBN 0-13-216243-1
http://www.prenhall.com
Jon Robert Crofoot
Truly Donovan <nospam...@lunemere.com> wrote:
>The Lone Arranger wrote:
>>
>> The Latin-Greek hybrid word "television" might better be "distavision."
>
>Nah, too close to "VistaVision" (coming soon to a theater near you).
>
Aaron Bucky
In article <adinkin-ya0231800...@news.usa1.com>,
You could use "procul". Not a prefix, I know; but I once saw
"proculsonor" given as a Latin equivalent for "telephone".
--
Aaron Bucky, Haverford College class of '97
Classics major - Beatles fan - living in the past
Jose Ogando
Truly Donovan <nospam...@lunemere.com> wrote:
>The Lone Arranger wrote:
>>
>> The Latin-Greek hybrid word "television" might better be "distavision."
>
>Nah, too close to "VistaVision" (coming soon to a theater near you).
>
>--
>Truly Donovan
>"Industrial-strength SGML," Prentice Hall 1996
>ISBN 0-13-216243-1
>http://www.prenhall.com
What is that book of yours about?
Ian P. Hudson
A propos, I have long believed that the Russian word "daleko" (far away,
distant) must have been in the writer's mind when he invented Dr Who's
famous foes the Daleks. However he apparently denied any particular
origin when interviewed on the origin of the name, back in the days when
the Daleks were big business in TV, movies and spin-off toys; and I have
never seen the point raised anywhere since...
Aaron J. Dinkin
In article <5hnb6m$2...@mtinsc05.worldnet.att.net>, Jon Robert Crofoot
<Bob.C...@postoffice.worldnet.att.net> wrote:
>Truly Donovan <nospam...@lunemere.com> wrote:
>>The Lone Arranger wrote:
>>>
>>> The Latin-Greek hybrid word "television" might better be "distavision."
>>
>>Nah, too close to "VistaVision" (coming soon to a theater near you).
>>
>Not to mention confusion with a word like "tele-scope"!
What confusion? Greek "tele", far, + Greek "skopion", scope.