Sunday, October 22, 2006

 

Two Greek Auto-Antonyms

The word γενέτης (genétēs) can mean both the begetter (father) and the begotten (son). Likewise γενέτειρα (genéteira) can mean she who bears (mother) and she who is born (daughter).

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