> Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin alethiologia.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin alethiologia (1764, after German Alethiologie ( J. H. Lambert Neues Organon (1764)) < post-classical Latin alethia (late 2nd or early 3rd cent. in Tertullian) or its etymon ancient Greek ἀλήθεια truth ( < ἀληθής true (see note) + -εία -y suffix3) + post-classical Latin -ologia -ology comb. form.
Ancient Greek ἀληθής is < ἀ- a- prefix6 + either Hellenistic Greek λῆθος , (Doric) λᾶθος (neuter) forgetfulness (although this is apparently first attested later), or perhaps the corresponding feminine …
Etymology: < post-classical Latin alethiologia (1764, after German Alethiologie ( J. H. Lambert Neues Organon (1764)) < post-classical Latin alethia (late 2nd or early 3rd cent. in Tertullian) or its etymon ancient Greek ἀλήθεια truth ( < ἀληθής true (see note) + -εία -y suffix3) + post-classical Latin -ologia -ology comb. form.
Ancient Greek ἀληθής is < ἀ- a- prefix6 + either Hellenistic Greek λῆθος , (Doric) λᾶθος (neuter) forgetfulness (although this is apparently first attested later), or perhaps the corresponding feminine …
I was reading through Nietzsche’s The Birth of Tragedy and I came across the Latin phrase per defectum. What does it mean? The sentence goes as follows:
In Socrates, instinct becomes the critic, consciousness the creator — a monstrosity per defectum!
However, Bryson DeChambeau seized the lead by the end of Friday's second round and was a mere one stroke ahead of Reed and Erik van Rooyen.
(From Bleacher Report)
It seems that a here is not a normal indefinite article because it doesn't seem to determine the head noun stroke. Note that a ...
