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<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=2><SPAN class=440054817-07052004>I like how
"turning into a lamb" is used in modern Greek to translate the idea of
"taming."</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=2><SPAN class=440054817-07052004>One can
certainly not make a lamb out of a ram, but obviously a lamb out of a shrew.
:-)</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=2><SPAN class=440054817-07052004>Can one "make
a lamb" out of a wild horse or a ferocious animal in
modern</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=2><SPAN class=440054817-07052004>Greek, i.e.
would you use the expression for taming,
domesticating?</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=2><SPAN
class=440054817-07052004></SPAN></FONT></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=2>O<SPAN class=440054817-07052004><FONT
face=Arial color=#0000ff size=3>n this list I did not mention the religious
uses on purpose (on the Bible translation list I
did).</FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=2><SPAN class=440054817-07052004></SPAN><SPAN
class=440054817-07052004></SPAN><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT
size=3>A<SPAN class=440054817-07052004> non-prototypical use of "Lamb (of
God) " as a title for Jesus is found in Revelation
6:16</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=2><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT
size=3><SPAN class=440054817-07052004>which speaks about the wrath of the Lamb
who has risen to power at the right hand of
God.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=2><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT
size=3><SPAN class=440054817-07052004>Food for
thought! </SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=2><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT
size=3><SPAN
class=440054817-07052004></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=2><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT
size=3><SPAN class=440054817-07052004>Fritz
Goerling</SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">In
Modern Greek the word for lamb (/arnm/) is used to refer to someone as tame,
calm, or peaceful (cf. the Greek translation of the 1967 film The Taming of
the Shrew as lit. The Shrew who became a little lamb). In this sense the
word is prototypically used in the diminutive (/arnaki/) and usually as a
predicative (s.o. becomes (= is turned into) a little lamb). Contextually it
is typically contrasted with a previous situation where he/she was wild,
mad, unpleasant, etc.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P><SPAN
lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: DE; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">The
religious uses which have been mentioned exist also, of course, also in Modern
Greek.</SPAN>
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<DIV>Ekaterini Stathi
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><BR><BR><B><I>Fritz Goerling
<Fritz_Goerling@sil.org></I></B> wrote:</P>
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style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid"><TT>What
is associated with the image "lamb" when predicated of a person<BR>in your
language (not only English?<BR>I can only think of "pious as a lamb"
(lammfromm) in German.<BR>To my knowledge in English you can say "as
innocent as a lamb"<BR>or "as docile/quiet/obedient as a lamb". And it can
be<BR>used with reference to someone who you are fond of and who<BR>is
gentle and lovable.<BR><BR>Fritz
Goerling<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR></TT><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV>
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