Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/03/16

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Subject: [Leica] Synecdoche
From: pdzwig at summaventures.com (Peter Dzwig)
Date: Wed Mar 16 02:41:08 2005
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Concise OED:

Synecdoche: ...ORIGIN Greek "sunekdhoke" from "sun-" = together + 
"ekdekhesthai" 
= take up.

Sorry I can't do the stresses ;-)

Peter Dzwig

PS I am inclined to agree with BD, though not in such strong terms.

brad daly wrote:

> FWIW, that's actually probably neo-greek from the 18th or 19th century, 
> when the englightenmenters decided to label everything with brand new 
> agglomerations of greek and latin words.
> 
> sort of like the way in which we use "gate."  we all know what a "gate" 
> is; we probably walk through several every day.  but as a suffix, since 
> the early 1970s, it means "scandal," etc.  that word has always been 
> around, but it wasn't always part of the construction in which it is now 
> used.
> 
> i could be wrong, of course.
> 
> --brad, english major, lover of words
>
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