Comments on: [lang_nl]Kramnik tegen Werle & Sebag[/lang_nl][lang_en]Kramnik plays Werle & Sebag[/lang_en]

By: buitenlander

buitenlander — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 15:01:46 +0000

Peter, I’m just wondering what happened to the filmpje.

By: arne

arne — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 15:26:13 +0000

You’re probably right, Janis. And it would also explain the f instead of ph. But can we show that this form was actually used at one point, for example in an Indo-european root, or in some proto-Latin text?

By: Janis Nisii

Janis Nisii — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 15:10:04 +0000

It could actually be Latin. The archaic spelling of ‘Foedus’ could be foidos (with the indoeuropen diphthong ‘oi’ still there). Foedus meaning treaty, union, alliance and…Federation. Are they teasing the FIDE?

By: arne

arne — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 15:01:47 +0000

True, it’s spelled with b, not with d. So, it’s indeed intriguing where they got ‘Foidos’ from!

By: Janis Nisii

Janis Nisii — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 14:44:27 +0000

That’s right tilde-person, the nickname of Apollo was phoibos with a b.
In my old Greek dictionary there’s not such a word. There’s the verb pheidomai = to spare, to abstain, to refrain. The relative noun is pheido-ous, though, meaning saving.
It could be modern Greek, with an apophony that occured in the meanwhile (from ‘ei’ to ‘o’), but still it could only mean saving, or something that make people save.
I’m afraid this is off topic, but I’m too curious now. C’mon Peter, can’t you ask them?

By: Ron

Ron — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 14:42:02 +0000

Foidos is geen (oud) Grieks volgens mijn woordenboek.

By: ~~~~

~~~~ — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 11:52:06 +0000

Apollo…

By: ~~~~

~~~~ — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 11:50:34 +0000

Appolo heet foibos, met een b.

By: arne

arne — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 10:02:04 +0000

Foidos (or actually phoidos) means ‘bright’ or ‘pure’ and is a nickname for the god Apollo.

By: peter

peter — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 08:16:34 +0000

2-0 voor Kramnik, er volgt nog een filmpje deze week!