[Ads-l] amyuaysis

[Laurence Horn]

> On Jun 18, 2016, at 9:51 AM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> 
> In a series of CDs about Homer, a distinguished professor of history
> explains that the poet presumably dictated "to a scribe or /aem ju
> 'esIs/."
> 
> JL
> 

That's obviously the gender-neutral variant of "aMANuensis".

LH

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