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To: SunkenCiv

“Hemolacria” is a barbarism. The “hemo-” part comes from the Greek word for blood, but “lacrima” is Latin for tear. They could have used the Greek equivalent (dakry/dakryma).


8 posted on 08/17/2023 12:06:44 PM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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To: Verginius Rufus
As is the term homosexual - often misinterpreted.

The word homosexual is a Greek and Latin hybrid, with the first element derived from Greek ὁμός homos, "same" (not related to the Latin homo, "man", as in Homo sapiens), thus connoting sexual acts and affections between members of the same sex, including lesbianism. - wikipedia

18 posted on 08/17/2023 4:24:10 PM PDT by Moltke (Reasoning with a liberal is like watering a rock in the hope to grow a building.)
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