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geia soy Pavlo
i have found something very interesting about my name meaning, that could proove you wrong (maybe i am wrong). i want to cross check it and i will let you know. thanks anyway.
p.s. the name has Finician routs and may be an alternative for (get a look at this) the Morning Star, or Lucifer - the light bringer (eosforos)-. nothing for sure though.
i have found something very interesting about my name meaning, that could proove you wrong (maybe i am wrong). i want to cross check it and i will let you know. thanks anyway.
p.s. the name has Finician routs and may be an alternative for (get a look at this) the Morning Star, or Lucifer - the light bringer (eosforos)-. nothing for sure though.
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Lampros eosforos
Geia sou Lampre :)
Both the Liddell & Scott Greek-English Lexicon and the Oxford English Dictonary note that Lampros is a Greek word meaqning "bright, brilliant, radiant". The OED also lists the following lampros-related English words:
- lamprophane = a "bright" mineral
- lamprophoner = an instrument for increasing the "brighness" of sound
- lamprophyllite = a golden-brown silicate of sodium, strontium, and titanium
- lamprophyre = a variety of "bright" rocks
- lamprotype = a paper print glazed with collodion and gelatine
Now lets get to your point. Eos-foros (aka Luci-fer) is the demon who brings light, a metaphor for knowlegde. Unlike the Judeochristian tradition, he does not represent evil to the Hellenes. Eosforos is represented by the planet Venus, the morning star. Heavenly bodies have been frequently described as "lampra" by many Hellenic writers, including Hesiod in Theogony. (http://www.perseus.org/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0057%3Aentry%3D%2361856)
So indeed there is a connection in this respect :)
Geia sou Lampre :)
Both the Liddell & Scott Greek-English Lexicon and the Oxford English Dictonary note that Lampros is a Greek word meaqning "bright, brilliant, radiant". The OED also lists the following lampros-related English words:
- lamprophane = a "bright" mineral
- lamprophoner = an instrument for increasing the "brighness" of sound
- lamprophyllite = a golden-brown silicate of sodium, strontium, and titanium
- lamprophyre = a variety of "bright" rocks
- lamprotype = a paper print glazed with collodion and gelatine
Now lets get to your point. Eos-foros (aka Luci-fer) is the demon who brings light, a metaphor for knowlegde. Unlike the Judeochristian tradition, he does not represent evil to the Hellenes. Eosforos is represented by the planet Venus, the morning star. Heavenly bodies have been frequently described as "lampra" by many Hellenic writers, including Hesiod in Theogony. (http://www.perseus.org/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0057%3Aentry%3D%2361856)
So indeed there is a connection in this respect :)
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PS
Even the common "lamp" has the same origins as "lampros" :) According to the OED it is derived from the French lampe, which is derived from the Latin lampas which is derived from the Greek lampein, "to shine" :)
Even the common "lamp" has the same origins as "lampros" :) According to the OED it is derived from the French lampe, which is derived from the Latin lampas which is derived from the Greek lampein, "to shine" :)
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