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in reply to a message by Eugene Shubert
Hi Eugene
Sorry if I didn’t make it clear when I said: “The creation of the noun and the name is obviously obscure…” I didn’t mean that the meaning of "LAODIKE" is obscure but that the creation of the noun “LAODIKOS” and the name “LAODIKE” is obscure, since we don’t have historical evidence on how and why (under what social, cultural etc. needs) the creation of such words took place.
However, what we know is our knowledge about the formation of the Ancient Greek names, so we have to first rely on that and then do etymological research to tell the meaning of “LAODIKE”. Therefore, it is impossible that the explanation of LAODIKE meaning LAOS + DIKE is a pun, and it certainly cannot be modern; simply by putting all the data together, it leads us to the conclusion that “LAODIKE” and “LAODIKOS” have the same meaning, since they are both combinations of the words LAOS + DIKE.
You can refer to http://www.lgpn.ox.ac.uk/names/formation.html for a brief description on the formation of the Ancient Greek names.
"Until the day that an ancient inscription is found with the name "Alexandrovski" (or "Alexandrev" or "Alexandrov") written on it instead of "Alexander", true Macedonia and true Macedonians will remain Greek, as they always were."
Sorry if I didn’t make it clear when I said: “The creation of the noun and the name is obviously obscure…” I didn’t mean that the meaning of "LAODIKE" is obscure but that the creation of the noun “LAODIKOS” and the name “LAODIKE” is obscure, since we don’t have historical evidence on how and why (under what social, cultural etc. needs) the creation of such words took place.
However, what we know is our knowledge about the formation of the Ancient Greek names, so we have to first rely on that and then do etymological research to tell the meaning of “LAODIKE”. Therefore, it is impossible that the explanation of LAODIKE meaning LAOS + DIKE is a pun, and it certainly cannot be modern; simply by putting all the data together, it leads us to the conclusion that “LAODIKE” and “LAODIKOS” have the same meaning, since they are both combinations of the words LAOS + DIKE.
You can refer to http://www.lgpn.ox.ac.uk/names/formation.html for a brief description on the formation of the Ancient Greek names.
"Until the day that an ancient inscription is found with the name "Alexandrovski" (or "Alexandrev" or "Alexandrov") written on it instead of "Alexander", true Macedonia and true Macedonians will remain Greek, as they always were."
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