Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!columbia!caip!clyde!cbatt!cbosgd!ihnp4!chinet!grc97!hurst From: hurst@grc97.UUCP (Dave Hurst) Newsgroups: net.legal,net.singles,net.social,net.women Subject: Defs of polygamy (was Re: Re: Supreme Court Ruling on Sodomy (really bigamy)) Message-ID: <156@grc97.UUCP> Date: Mon, 11-Aug-86 12:29:33 EDT Article-I.D.: grc97.156 Posted: Mon Aug 11 12:29:33 1986 Date-Received: Wed, 13-Aug-86 05:49:53 EDT References: <2228@psuvax1.UUCP> Organization: Gould R&D - Rolling Meadows, IL Lines: 15 Xref: mnetor net.legal:3152 net.singles:9053 net.social:809 net.women:5030 > > First question is easy: polygamy means many wives. Marriage with many > husbands is called polyandry (polyandria?). > I think that you have your suffixes mixed up. As I understand the definitions, polygamy means many spouses (spice? :-) Polygyny means many wives. Polyandry means many husbands. (I don't have a dictionary handy right now, but I think these are correct.) -- email: ...ihnp4!grc97!hurst David Hurst, KSC phone: (312) 640-2044 Gould Research Center flames: /dev/null #include All hail Discordia! Kallisti!