I moved some threads around and so further advanced language studies on ancient Greek can be found over in this thread, cross-referencing:
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RE: On Nature, Book 28
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I could see that, but then ῥῆσις has the -σις abstract suffix. I think the -σις is just doing the work of "nouning" (to coin a clunky word) the μᾰρτῠρέω.
ῥῆσις: Etymology From stem ῥη- of εἴρω (eírō, “to say”) + -σις (-sis, abstract noun suffix).
https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?do…entry=marture/w
Derived terms:
ἀντιμᾰρτῠρέω (antimarturéō)
ἀπομᾰρτῠρέω (apomarturéō)
δῐᾰμᾰρτῠρέω (diamarturéō)
εἰσμᾰρτῠρέω (eismarturéō)
ἐκμᾰρτῠρέω (ekmarturéō)
ἐπιμᾰρτῠρέω (epimarturéō)
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I could see that, but then ῥῆσις has the -σις abstract suffix. I think the -σις is just doing the work of "nouning" (to coin a clunky word) the μᾰρτῠρέω.
ῥῆσις: Etymology From stem ῥη- of εἴρω (eírō, “to say”) + -σις (-sis, abstract noun suffix).
https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?do…entry=marture/w
Derived terms:
ἀντιμᾰρτῠρέω (antimarturéō)
ἀπομᾰρτῠρέω (apomarturéō)
δῐᾰμᾰρτῠρέω (diamarturéō)
εἰσμᾰρτῠρέω (eismarturéō)
ἐκμᾰρτῠρέω (ekmarturéō)
ἐπιμᾰρτῠρέω (epimarturéō)
…
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