A quick reading of my prior post might suggest that I was saying homunculus could mean little frog. NO! Homunculus literally means little man, as ranunculus can be construed to mean little frog. I should have written "that as homunculus can mean little man, ranunculus can mean little frog."
Jim McKenney _____ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jim McKenney Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2011 10:09 AM To: 'Alpine-L, the Electronic Rock Garden Society;postings copyright by authors.' Subject: Re: [Alpine-l] Vernacular Names. Was: Maori Plant Names Bob, the Greek lexicon I'm using (Liddell & Scott; funny, I found photos of scantily dressed little girls in my autographed copy - just kidding) lists two similar words, baccaris and baccharis. The former (with kappa kappa) is an unguent made from, guess what - baccharis (spelled kappa chi). The identity of the plant from which the unguent was made is given as asaron. So both Bacchus and baccharis are spelled in Greek with the kappa-chi combination. Ranunculus is sometimes construed as tadpole, although I suppose that like homunculus it could mean little frog. Jim McKenney _____ No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1191 / Virus Database: 1435/3373 - Release Date: 01/11/11
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