[Ads-l] amyuaysis

[Jonathan Lighter]

By George and Georgette, I think you've got it!

JL

On Sat, Jun 18, 2016 at 12:04 PM, Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu> wrote:
>> 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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