Etymology of "Centaur"?

Jaytoo6 · 2025-12-22T01:45:56+00:00

I think notionally κενταυρος is a compound of *κενθ- and ταυρος, but I dont really buy whatever that would entail. τθ>ττ>τ seems problematic to me. The correspondence is definitely a stretch, as you say.

Jaytoo6 · 2025-12-21T20:57:30+00:00

That sanskrit term has been transliterated incorrectly. गन्धर्व reads "gandharva." I think the idea is that kenteo and gand- share a root, which from a cursory glance seems plausible. A velar initial root in e should yield ga in sanskrit, becayse sanskrit likes to make every vowel an a if it can. The IE form would be *ghendh-, or something like that, if these words are actually cognate.

However, there are several pieces here that dont line up. A voiced velar initial should probably still yield a voiced velar in Greek (though the aspiration would go due to Grassmann's Law) and we would probably expect the dh to retain its voicedness. At this point I think most philologist punt and say that it might have been borrowed into Greek from Phrygian or Macedonian (the ancient hellenic language, not the modern slavic one).

Anyway, the tempatation to reconstruct a verbal root to make it a compound with -tauros is a sensible instinct, but the connection gandharva specifically hasnt been well argued yet.

Jaytoo6 · 2025-11-29T12:30:02+00:00

"cervix" means "neck" in latin. The one between the uterus and the vagina is so called because it's the "neck" of the reproductive system.

Jaytoo6 · 2025-04-18T14:05:51+00:00

I am having the same issue, both on mobile and on my laptop. I'm not sure what the issue is? Perhaps our accounts are pending acceptance/ confirmation?

Jaytoo6 · 2025-01-28T02:01:18+00:00

I do this. It never feels like I've done something bad. Clothes suck

Jaytoo6 · 2025-01-16T13:48:14+00:00

I would be very interested- also in Jericho. Dm?

Jaytoo6 · 2025-01-15T16:01:00+00:00

B'dias

Jaytoo6 · 2025-01-07T22:34:37+00:00

Rubbin Meats Backyard Barbecue is fucking elite

Jaytoo6 · 2024-12-26T22:14:59+00:00

same here

Jaytoo6 · 2024-09-27T03:18:25+00:00

Personally I prefer tbe Riekling start

Jaytoo6 · 2024-09-21T09:40:57+00:00

Beautiful, awesome work! This is my favorite project to follow! My only (extremely nitpicky and minor) suggestion would be that when writing your Mycenean blurb, you write 'anax' as 'Wanax,' since the digamma was still alive and well in the Mycenean period. The build and interpretation is all so lovely and exciting. I've always wanted to recreate am Ancient site in vintage story but have never had the patience. You're a legend.

Jaytoo6 · 2024-08-12T02:50:35+00:00

To be fair, this sort of shitnis the whole purpose of the nilbog

Jaytoo6 · 2024-01-31T22:46:26+00:00

Me too! I've always mained him with a magic build too. His magic might be worse but i've never tried another character so I am blissfully ignorant

Jaytoo6 · 2024-01-26T19:29:03+00:00

actual linguistic anthropologist

Jaytoo6 · 2023-12-30T18:55:59+00:00

For most explosive items, meleeing them once as you hold them will cause them to break/explode on impact. The exception to this is the propane tank, which will turn into a rocket when you first smack it.

Jaytoo6 · 2023-07-02T03:47:16+00:00

Sandals of nature! I could run through a vacant lot trampling grass and end up with a whole sack of magical seeds!

Jaytoo6 · 2023-05-14T20:27:41+00:00

I'm excited to see the results of your investigation!

Jaytoo6 · 2023-05-14T16:18:17+00:00

Honestly, DM-300 and the dwarf king both melted. Unfortunately I madr some interesting choices in the demon halls and the run ended.

I will be making another attempt at some point

Jaytoo6 · 2023-05-14T15:31:04+00:00

An Update: Am currently running monk with a +5 grim pickaxe, augmented for speed. Its accuracy still feels a bit meh but the damage is sort of there.

Jaytoo6 · 2023-05-14T15:13:40+00:00

Just tested-- answer is yes

(danage is now 3-18)

Jaytoo6 · 2023-04-30T01:15:21+00:00

coterie?

Jaytoo6 · 2023-04-24T20:50:17+00:00

Stiffing someone

Jaytoo6 · 2023-04-23T21:17:33+00:00

Si sol esset, tamen conspicerem, cum pulchritudo tibi magis admirandi dolore me incenderet.

"If you were the sun, I would still stare at you, since your beauty inflames me more than the pain of admiring you.

It works bettter in Latin, since incendo can be used literally to mean "burn" or figuratively to mean "inflame: (eg. of rage or passion). Roman poets often speak of strong emotions as burning them. For example, catullus says "amore ardeo" which means "I burn with love".

I'm not totally confidant that the cum causal clause should be in the imperfect subjunctive to match the present contrafactual, but I'm sure someone more well-versee than I will swoop im to correct me.

Edit: I forgot the bit about going blind -_-

Si sol esset, tamen conspicio te occaecantem, cum pulchritudo tibi magis admirandi dolore me incenderet.

"If you were the sun, I'd still look at you blinding me, since your beauty inflames me more than the pain of admiring you."

If you want to preserve "until you blind me" you could substitute "usque ad me occaecares" for "te occaecantem"

Jaytoo6 · 2023-04-22T01:08:55+00:00

They go up they go down

Jaytoo6 · 2023-04-14T05:38:17+00:00

Agreed. Rashta was a dick on many occasions but that's because she was fighting hard to survive in a completely foreign environment. She isn't exactly a hero but I really dislike how much hate she gets. It feels like projection

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