tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3547067420689722925.post5065844208703748225..comments2023-08-13T11:58:31.588-04:00Comments on Ghulf Genes: Whither the Basilisk?ADhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06408980212433714362noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3547067420689722925.post-72998392195584126282015-04-17T12:30:29.913-04:002015-04-17T12:30:29.913-04:00Thanks. I checked my source again and was told tha...Thanks. I checked my source again and was told that apo, in this instance only, means "change." I was a little hasty there!!ADhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06408980212433714362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3547067420689722925.post-88052304349350938472015-04-14T09:52:32.882-04:002015-04-14T09:52:32.882-04:00Pedantry alert! The Greek "apo" is the ...Pedantry alert! The Greek "apo" is the preposition meaning away from. It corresponds with the ab of Latin. The part of the word that's doing the "making" in apotheosis is actually the "-is" ending. Theosis is Greek for divinization, Sarkosis for incarnation, etc. Apotheosis means "to make a god out of something." More cumbersome: "to move something away from being what it is to being a god."<br /><br />I couldn't withhold from a word-lover such as yourself!<br /><br />RobAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com