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If we must have a Greek title for our science , we might derive it either from
mythos , word , or from logos , speech . But the title of Mythology is already
occupied , and Logology would jar too much on classical We need not waste our
time in ...
If we must have a Greek title for our science , we might derive it either from
mythos , word , or from logos , speech . But the title of Mythology is already
occupied , and Logology would jar too much on classical We need not waste our
time in ...
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It is derived from the Greek gē , land , ground , earth , and metron , measBotany ,
the science of plants , was originally the science of botanē , which in Greek does
not mean a plant in general , but fodder , from boskein , to feed . The science of ...
It is derived from the Greek gē , land , ground , earth , and metron , measBotany ,
the science of plants , was originally the science of botanē , which in Greek does
not mean a plant in general , but fodder , from boskein , to feed . The science of ...
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... we find mâs for moon , and masa for month , both masMoon . 1 Kuhn's
Zeitschrift für Vergleichende Sprachforschung , b . ix . s . 104 . 2 Horne Tooke , p .
27 , note . culine . Now this mâs in Sanskrit is clearly derived 16 EMPIRICAL
STAGE .
... we find mâs for moon , and masa for month , both masMoon . 1 Kuhn's
Zeitschrift für Vergleichende Sprachforschung , b . ix . s . 104 . 2 Horne Tooke , p .
27 , note . culine . Now this mâs in Sanskrit is clearly derived 16 EMPIRICAL
STAGE .
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Now this mâs in Sanskrit is clearly derived from a root mâ , to measure , to mete .
In Sanskrit , I measure is má - mi ; thou measurest , mô - si ; he measures , må - ti
( or mimi - te ) . An instrument of measuring is called in Sanskrit må - tram , the ...
Now this mâs in Sanskrit is clearly derived from a root mâ , to measure , to mete .
In Sanskrit , I measure is má - mi ; thou measurest , mô - si ; he measures , må - ti
( or mimi - te ) . An instrument of measuring is called in Sanskrit må - tram , the ...
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... lap of the earth , the Danae of old , kept by her father in the dark prison of
winter . No one doubts that Luna was simply a name of the moon ; but so was
likewise Lucina , both derived i 7 ? from lucere , to shine . Hecate EMPIRICAL
STAGE .
... lap of the earth , the Danae of old , kept by her father in the dark prison of
winter . No one doubts that Luna was simply a name of the moon ; but so was
likewise Lucina , both derived i 7 ? from lucere , to shine . Hecate EMPIRICAL
STAGE .
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| Title | Lectures on the Science of Language Delivered at the Royal Institution of Great Britain ...1861 [and 1863], Volume 1 Lectures on the Science of Language Delivered at the Royal Institution of Great Britain ...1861 [and 1863], Friedrich Max Müller |
| Author | Friedrich Max Müller |
| Publisher | C. Scribner, 1866 |
| Original from | the University of Virginia |
| Digitized | 12 Nov 2009 |
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