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I'm not a linguist and I don't even know any greek (other than the alphabet I've memorized once), but if "epi" means "above" and "ousia" means "essense", then t
by gbh444g 5y ago
I'm not a linguist and I don't even know any greek (other than the alphabet I've memorized once), but if "epi" means "above" and "ousia" means "essense", then the meaning of "epiousios" trivially follows.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ousia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ousia
- cratermoon 5y agoThe article addresses that, and suggests the problem is that in most contexts 'epi' loses the i in compound form, e.g. eponym.