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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!sol.net!spool.mu.edu!newsspool.sol.net!howland.erols.net!europa.clark.net!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!su-news-feed4.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!enews.sgi.com!news.sgi.com!csulb.edu!drivel.ics.uci.edu!news.cs.ucla.edu!twinsun!not-for-mail From: eggert@twinsun.com (Paul Eggert) Newsgroups: comp.unix.shell,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.x,alt.os.linux,comp.unix.bsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,gnu.misc.discuss,comp.unix.solaris Subject: Re: unix acronyms -collecting a list? Date: 12 Jun 1997 19:13:52 -0700 Organization: Twin Sun Inc, El Segundo, CA, USA Lines: 13 Message-ID: <5nqad0$13$1@shade.twinsun.com> References: <337C64F0.41C6@cs.ucc.ie> <5lsbv4$id8@bmtlh10.bnr.ca> <3383FA57.4855@uab.ericsson.se> <EAMxy9.EF4@cogsci.ed.ac.uk> <A01469D243A414B4.60EFD3C313DDF166.4A538EC778681837@library-proxy.airnews.net> <3396D1DD.6495@qanv.pbz> <3398849a.13740572@news.dircon.co.uk> <339CA4A4.2A1A9E65@ripco.com> <r7vi3kk68t.fsf@masala.cygnus.co.uk> <5nnlvs$lc1$2@mark.ucdavis.edu> <r7pvtrjxzj.fsf@masala.cygnus.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: 192.54.239.27 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.shell:46023 comp.os.linux.misc:180154 comp.os.linux.x:64171 alt.os.linux:22177 comp.unix.bsd.misc:3557 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:42817 gnu.misc.discuss:31764 comp.unix.solaris:109419 rosalia@cygnus.co.uk writes: > In greek acros is the peak, not the beginning, `akros' can mean peak, but it can also mean ``at the beginning'' or even ``at the end''. Here are some examples: akrolithos - statue with with stone (`lithos') head, hands, and feet; i.e. ``stones at the ends'' (cf English `acrolith') akronychos - at sunset; `nyx' means night, so this literally means ``beginning of the night'' (cf English `acronical') akrostichos - a verse (`stichos') in which first or last letters in each line spell out something (cf English `acrostic')