From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Jan 22 0:10:14 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from aragorn.neomedia.it (aragorn.neomedia.it [195.103.207.6]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 399D714F88 for ; Sat, 22 Jan 2000 00:10:11 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from bartequi@nojunk.com) Received: from bartequi.ottodomain.org (ppp7-pa4.neomedia.it [195.103.207.199]) by aragorn.neomedia.it (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id JAA24064; Sat, 22 Jan 2000 09:10:05 +0100 (CET) From: Salvo Bartolotta Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2000 08:11:57 GMT Message-ID: <20000122.8115700@bartequi.ottodomain.org> Subject: Re: metaports ... To: Walter Brameld Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG, jcm@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org References: <20000122.170600@bartequi.ottodomain.org> <3888FA8E.FD65AA02@twave.net> X-Mailer: Supercalifragilis X-Priority: 3 (Normal) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< On 1/22/00, 1:32:14 AM, Walter Brameld wrote regarding Re: metaports ...: > > Dear Jonathon, > > > > meta-ports means roughly "beyond" ports. From "meta" (from ancient > > Greek, "proper" preposition constructed with gen. dat. & acc.) meani= ng > > various things, e.g. with; across; near (in); towards; after, beyond= . > > > > "proper" is in relation to Greek verbs (that is, proper prepositions= > > can be used as > > preverbs, or prefixes in compound verbs) > > > > This "combining form" (in English) is productive enough ... > > > > N.B. my_fake_antispam_domain =3D=3D=3D> neomedia.it to e-mail to me.= > > > > Best regards, > > Salvo > > > It's a good thing someone else sent you an answer too, eh? > -- > Walter Dear Mr Brameld, I am awfully sorry to inform you that I completely miss the sense and purpose of your letter. Also, I very much apologize for failing utterly to see what further elements of information it provides to Jonathon's question. Would you be so kind as to paraphrase your message ? Thank you very much indeed. Yours sincerely Salvo Bartolotta To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message