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Failed to connect to MySQL: (1203) User howardkn already has more than 'max_user_connections' active connectionsPath: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Ross Clark Newsgroups: sci.lang Subject: Re: Allan Ramsay died (7-1-1758) Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2024 22:40:15 +1200 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 24 Message-ID: References: Reply-To: r.clark@auckland.ac.nz MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2024 12:40:22 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="48319c1273c03074924a783e6b6fd5dc"; logging-data="2553408"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX191w38JB/+gxO2ELtAl3lfVrcpge4sK+FI=" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.0; rv:52.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/52.9.1 Cancel-Lock: sha1:CRJXfS2z9BjP0nwSMb2YNukuro8= In-Reply-To: Content-Language: en-GB Bytes: 1798 On 11/07/2024 6:50 p.m., HenHanna wrote: > On 1/6/2024 8:13 PM, Ross Clark wrote: >> He was a _makar_ (Scots, cognate w. Eng. maker) 'poet'. >> Apparently a calque on Greek po(i)ētēs 'maker; poet' from poieō 'make'. > > > > Ancient Greek word ποιητής (poiētēs), pronounced roughly as >                    "poy-ay-TAHS". I think in your transcription that would be -TAYS. Same vowel. > >                    sounds like  POTUS > > > Greek verb ποιέω (poieō), pronounced roughly as "poy-EH-oh". > > > > Cognate with     Poignant >    (having a sharp emotional effect, a connection to the power of words) >