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From: dave@utcsrgv.UUCP (Dave Sherman)
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Subject: Re: triple (quadruple, etc) homonyms
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Date: Mon, 19-Sep-83 00:46:17 EDT
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Posted: Mon Sep 19 00:46:17 1983
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I remember learning in Latin:
	cum eo eo eo

"with him I go there". 

Eo is (1) the ablative of "is", meaning "he"; (2) the first person
singular present indicative of "ire", meaning, "I go"; and (3) "there"
when used to indicate direction to (i.e., "thither").

[How's that? And I didn't even open up a Latin book!]

Incidentally, the -ence and -ither forms have almost died out of
English, except for specific usages.
	from	[at]	to
	==================
	hence	here	hither
	whence	where	whither
	thence	there	thither

("I come from Florence." "Oh, what's it like in Florere?" "Very nice."
"I think I shall go Florither.")

Digressing even further, Hebrew not only has words for "whither" and "hither",
but can affix the suffix -ah to indicate direction, to almost any place
name or direction. (This is ancient Hebrew; modern Hebrew has only retained
a few of the forms.)


Dave Sherman
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