Coredemptrix

[Edward Dumanis]

I want to call your attention that "обожествлять" that I referred to
has more meanings that its perfective version "обожествить."
I am sorry (with my apologies to Vladimir Solov'ev) for making the
statement stronger that it should be since at that time I was thinking
of its meaning in the context related to the original question posted
by Daniel Rancour-Laferriere.
So, the right link to the word that I used is not
http://www.classes.ru/all-russian/russian-dictionary-Ozhegov-term-19166.htm
but
http://www.classes.ru/all-russian/russian-dictionary-Ushakov-term-37285.htm
I clearly referred to the second meaning of this word there.
While the first meaning on that page and the meaning of "обожествить"
coinside, I believe that the priority in listing given to the first
meaning there is only because it is a direct meaning rather than the
meaning most frequently used.

Sincerely,

Edward Dumanis

On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 7:05 PM, Ernest Sjogren <esjogren at nc.rr.com> wrote:
>> With regard to Daniel's Q.E.D., "Alice through the Looking Glass" springs
>> to mind . . .
>
> instead of a logical refutation of his argument.  You would prefer to
> retreat into fiction, it appears.
>
> "Deified" means nothing other than "made a god of; raised to the position of
> a god," of course.  If your objection to referring to Mary as a deity is (if
> I may summarize how the argument progressed), "no Orthodox Christian, nor
> any other Christian. nor _anyone_ who has looked deeply into the matter
> thinks of or would refer to Mary as a deity," then the quotations cited are
> quite to the point.  You ignore "quod _est demonstratum_" at your peril.
>
> Prof. Dumanis' assertion that "обожествлять" merely means "to admire" is
> much more pertinent.  However, is it tenable?   See, for instance, the
> online version of the Ushakov dictionary, which says:
>
> ОБОЖЕСТВИ́ТЬ, обожествлю, обожествишь, ·совер. (к обожествлять), кого-что
> (·книж. ). Признать имеющим сверхъестественную, божественную силу,
> божеством. Древние обожествили силы природы.
>
> [koi8-r encoding, see
> <http://www.classes.ru/all-russian/russian-dictionary-Ushakov-term-37283.htm>
> if my quotation is scrambled in transmission].
>
> Ernie Sjogren
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