Talk:πῶλος

Hello. I see you have added and  as descendants. This is still a very contentious area at the moment, and we haven't found a good solution yet, but I'll say this.

Technically, doesn't come from, but from the diminutive  (see the place of the τόνος: it's on the iota). And this is true for many Modern Greek words: So in reality, κεφάλι, πόδι, etc. should be added under " ===Descendants=== " at κεφάλιον, πόδιον , etc., NOT in κεφαλή, πούς, etc., because we prefer only having the direct descendants, the Modern Greek words that phonetically match perfectly the Ancient Greek.
 * <, diminutive of
 * <, diminutive of
 * <, diminutive of
 * <, diminutive of

The thing that should be added in ὄφις is ὀφίδιον under " ===Derived terms=== ",.

But this isn't perfect, because the reader likes to see the Modern Greek descendant (which isn't even a "diminutive" anymore, it's the normal word in Modern Greek!) in the main entry. So another solution is to add more information in the descendants section,. --Barytonesis (talk) 12:18, 12 December 2017 (UTC)


 * Thank you If I had teachers like you, probably i'd choose philology as my study course.  And thank you for your sensitive antennae to my sensitivity on greek ancient-to-modern continuity. Your solution -linguistically precise and inventive, your effort moved me. Are you sure you are not greek? sarri.greek (talk) 12:34, 12 December 2017 (UTC)
 * I'm sure, I just love the Greek language! --Barytonesis (talk) 14:57, 12 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Well,, I know you master many languages, but according to Isocrates you are greeker than me. sarri.greek (talk) 15:35, 12 December 2017 (UTC)