On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 10:28 PM, William Tanksley, Jr <wtanksle...@gmail.com> wrote: > I don't understand what you mean by "mortification". Taken literally, > "mortification" means "to kill", or "to make deathlike"; it used to be > used to describe gangrene. Metaphorically, it means rendering > powerless, often by humiliation. > http://www.thefreedictionary.com/mortification
The definition here of "Discipline of the body and the appetites by self-denial or self-inflicted privation." would come closest, although I've seen that specific definition described as "self-mortification" rather than "mortification". Makhleb seems to be about inflicting the discipline/privation on others (to the point of death, in fact), so I went with the latter term. Think of extreme ascetics who torture others more than themselves: it's turned outward instead of inward. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ EditLive Enterprise is the world's most technically advanced content authoring tool. Experience the power of Track Changes, Inline Image Editing and ensure content is compliant with Accessibility Checking. http://p.sf.net/sfu/ephox-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Crawl-ref-discuss mailing list Crawl-ref-discuss@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/crawl-ref-discuss
