On Sat, 25 Dec 2004 19:51:47 -0000, "Airy R. Bean"
wrote:

So you cannot substantiate your assertion.

Most Greek words that I have encountered can be
expressed phonetically in English.

Sounds like rhetoric in place of argument. As I said, the original
Greek is found in the OED - if, of course, you speak from its
authority and you have access, otherwise your response is called
"winging it" (vulgar US colloq. ca. 20th cent.) ;-)

The Greek (this is from the OED by the way) was translated by
Theodosius, the Monophysite monk (d. 1478 Gaza). By the way, for
English there is no earlier usage of Antenna|e than 1698.

From Weekly:
"Greek is recorded, in the Homeric poems, from the 7th century
B.C. It was divided into a number of dialects - Ionic, Doric,
Aeolic, Attic - the last of which eventually prevailed and still
exists, not greatly changed, as Modern Greek. Its direct
contribution to English does not begin till the Renaissance,
but the coinage of scientific and philosophical terms of
Greek origin is now continuous."

73's
Richard Clark, KB7QHC