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ArchivesPavlos - your assistance please?
A poster on the Opinions board - and lots of baby name sites - give Neoma and Neomenia as Greek names meaning 'new moon'. Can you confirm / deny / correct?
Thanks!
♦ Chrisell ♦
All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us. - J.R.R. Tolkien.
Thanks!
All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us. - J.R.R. Tolkien.
This message was edited 3/31/2006, 7:34 PM
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I'm not Pavlos, but...
I own a greek dictionary, so I can tell that 'neomènia' indeed means 'new moon'.
I own a greek dictionary, so I can tell that 'neomènia' indeed means 'new moon'.
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Spot-on, Mar! One or two more comments...
...indeed, "mene" means "moon".
Neomenia literallyt means "new moon" but figuratively meant the beginning of the ancient lunar month, or the first of each month. The Greek word for month "men" (or, in modern Greek, menas) derived from "mene".
"Mene" was subsequently adapted in Latin as "menses" (month) => "menstrualis" ("monthly").
At the risk of being sprayed with Windex, I propose that the words "month" and "moon" themselves are also ultimately derived from "mene" :)
...indeed, "mene" means "moon".
Neomenia literallyt means "new moon" but figuratively meant the beginning of the ancient lunar month, or the first of each month. The Greek word for month "men" (or, in modern Greek, menas) derived from "mene".
"Mene" was subsequently adapted in Latin as "menses" (month) => "menstrualis" ("monthly").
At the risk of being sprayed with Windex, I propose that the words "month" and "moon" themselves are also ultimately derived from "mene" :)
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Pavlos, who would ever spray you with Windex? *LOL*
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~Lillian~
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Proud sister of Lauren and Leah
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Proud mother of Alexander, Scarlett, Sophia, and Gideon
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Thanks :-) I agree with you about month and moon, that's the derivation I know too.
What about Neoma? Is that a contraction of Neomenia or just a random name that's been associated with Neomenia?
♦ Chrisell ♦
All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us. - J.R.R. Tolkien.
What about Neoma? Is that a contraction of Neomenia or just a random name that's been associated with Neomenia?
All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us. - J.R.R. Tolkien.
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I suspect its a random kree8ive name...
...of course a "NeoMa" could mean a young or a recent mom :P
...of course a "NeoMa" could mean a young or a recent mom :P
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Neoma may be a name created without regard to any meaning in Greek or another language, but it's not a recent creation. There are over a thousand women named Neoma listed in the SSA death index, for instance. The first example I can find is for the title of a poem by an American author named Charles Williams (NOT the same Charles Williams who was a friend of J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis) published back in the 1840s. I'm trying to track down a copy of the poem to see if it gives any clue as to how Mr. Williams came up with the name. :)
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lol...or maybe a tumour
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