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[Facts] What does Athanasius mean??

by person stalking u (Bbibbi.town)

4/26/2021, 9:45 AM

I'm so confused. I cant tell if it means dying or immortal.

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- Maxima (The Imperatrix) +3

4/26/2021, 10:47 AM

You can see the Athanasius page. 'A' is a negative prefix, while the 'thanasius' part came from the root 'thanatos', which means death; so overall, it means immortal.

- M.Selenika +2

4/27/2021, 4:13 AM

Consequently, Athanasius means “the one who resurges”.

- Maxima (The Imperatrix)

4/27/2021, 8:54 AM

I can't find source that mentioned this. Do you mean Anastasius instead?

- Anneza

4/27/2021, 4:37 AM

Is resurging the same as resurrecting, or being resurrected? Presumably it should be, but that has nothing to do with the absence of death/immortality: for resurrection/resurging to take place, death must have happened first. So I don't find your translation convincing.

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