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in reply to a message by Arminthia
I'm back from my brief vacation in Mt Pelion, where I engaged in the ancient Hellenic sport of Snowboarding.
Sorry to be anticlimactic, but I too am stumped: Arminthia does not appear to be a bona fide Greek name. One can therefore only speculate as to its etymology. Lets start off with by noting that the ending “-thia” in Greek is a feminine Genitive case (for example Cynthia –- a nickname of Artemis -- means “woman of Cynthos”, Kynthos being a mountain on the island of Delos). We are left with the question of who/where/what the blazes “Armin” is.
Concerning the Goddess Nanaea’s and Daivid’s conjectures:
1) Araminta may plausibly be related to Arminthia. I wasn’t able to draw a connection between Araminta and altar coinage. According to one source however, Araminta is related to the Greek word for mint (minthe), of the chewing gum (not the coinage) variety. According to another source, Araminta is a feminine Hebrew name meaning “lofty”.
2) I agree with Daividh’s suggestion that Arminthia may be a Hellenized-Feminized version of the Germanic Arminius (“strong”). May I also point out that Armina is a feminine latin name meaning “of a high degree”.
Some alternative etymologies:
1)There is an infinite choice of “Indo-European” (a people/language I doubt even existed) words related to “ar-” (eg arms, harmony, arithmetic, etc). Take your pick :p
2) There are scores of Armenian names related to "Armin", including the feminine Armine. There may be a connection.
3) And a long-shot: maybe Arminthia is a corrupt form of Erymanthia, a mountainous region of southern Greece. Che is known to hunt wild boar (yum-yum) in the region.
Conclusion: to misquote the lyrics Miss Little Bad-Ass’s favourite white rapper, may the real Arminthia please stand up.
Sorry to be anticlimactic, but I too am stumped: Arminthia does not appear to be a bona fide Greek name. One can therefore only speculate as to its etymology. Lets start off with by noting that the ending “-thia” in Greek is a feminine Genitive case (for example Cynthia –- a nickname of Artemis -- means “woman of Cynthos”, Kynthos being a mountain on the island of Delos). We are left with the question of who/where/what the blazes “Armin” is.
Concerning the Goddess Nanaea’s and Daivid’s conjectures:
1) Araminta may plausibly be related to Arminthia. I wasn’t able to draw a connection between Araminta and altar coinage. According to one source however, Araminta is related to the Greek word for mint (minthe), of the chewing gum (not the coinage) variety. According to another source, Araminta is a feminine Hebrew name meaning “lofty”.
2) I agree with Daividh’s suggestion that Arminthia may be a Hellenized-Feminized version of the Germanic Arminius (“strong”). May I also point out that Armina is a feminine latin name meaning “of a high degree”.
Some alternative etymologies:
1)There is an infinite choice of “Indo-European” (a people/language I doubt even existed) words related to “ar-” (eg arms, harmony, arithmetic, etc). Take your pick :p
2) There are scores of Armenian names related to "Armin", including the feminine Armine. There may be a connection.
3) And a long-shot: maybe Arminthia is a corrupt form of Erymanthia, a mountainous region of southern Greece. Che is known to hunt wild boar (yum-yum) in the region.
Conclusion: to misquote the lyrics Miss Little Bad-Ass’s favourite white rapper, may the real Arminthia please stand up.
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