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exploring the use of text adventures / interactive fiction for learning Ancient Greek

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compass directions #3

Open jtauber opened 6 years ago

jtauber commented 6 years ago

North

Ἄρκτος (cardinal point)
Βορέας (Homer wind)
Ἀπαρκτίας (Aristotle wind)
βορρᾶς (Luke 13.29)

South

Μεσημβρία (cardinal point)
Νότος (Homer wind; Aristotle wind; Luke 13.29)

East

Ἀνατολή (cardinal point; Luke 13.29 in plural)
Εὖρος (Homer wind; SE for Aristotle)
Ἀπηλιώτης (Aristotle wind)

West

Δύσις (cardinal point)
Ζέφυρος (Homer wind; Aristotle wind)
δυσμή (Luke 13.29 in plural)

jtauber commented 6 years ago

Also, I wonder if it would be more accurate, in the context of GO to use -δε forms. Probably should support both.

jtauber commented 6 years ago

Problem is they're not well attested:

Βορέηνδε
νοτόνδε
ἀνατολάς ???
ἑσπερόδε (not attested; just based on ἑσπερόθεν)

seumasjeltzz commented 6 years ago

I don't think -δε is a fully-productive suffix. Which is a good reason not to use them widely. If I was differentiating levels, I'd use cardinal points first, winds later.

jtauber commented 6 years ago

But even then, do we use Ἄρκτος / Μεσημβρία / Ἀνατολή / Δύσις or the Luke 13.29 vocabulary?

seumasjeltzz commented 6 years ago

I would use Ἄρκτος / Μεσημβρία / Ἀνατολή / Δύσις. possibly with slight adaption.