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I understood that you meant "solomonic", but was curious about the status of "solomontean". Shall we stick with "solomontean"? Is it properly formed? That is, do Greek adjs in -eios anglicize as -ean? --And. > Sorry, I got carried away; "solomonteios" is a Greek adjective for "of > or pertaining to Solomon". The proper English adjective is Solomonic, > alludic to the Solomonic judgement. The first Googling I found of > Solomon, judgement, and baby, gives me this from > http://www.shemayisrael.co.il/parsha/htorah/archives/miketz.htm: > > > The haftorah tells the well-known story of King Solomon's judgement in > > the case of two harlots who appeared before him. Both of the women had > > given birth to infants. One of the babies had died in the night, and > > each woman claimed that the living one was hers. Solomon ordered that > > the infant be cut in half. Upon hearing this, the true mother pleaded > > with him to give the baby to the other woman instead, while the other > > woman calmly accepted the verdict. This proved to everyone the > > identity of the true mother > > A Solomonic judgement is unscrupulously fair --- and bound to > disappoint > > === > O Roeschen Roth! Der Mensch liegt in tiefster Noth! Der Mensch liegt in > tiefster Pein! Je lieber moecht' ich im Himmel sein! --- _Urlicht_ > nickn@hidden.email http://www.opoudjis.net > Dr Nick NICHOLAS, French & Italian, Univ. of Melbourne, Australia > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > jboske-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > > >