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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 7639843, member: 75937&quot;]I disagree with this etymology of <a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0057%3Aentry%3Dkhru%2Fkeion" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0057%3Aentry%3Dkhru%2Fkeion" rel="nofollow">κηρύκειον</a> (kerykeion). It is a cognate of <a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0057%3Aentry%3Dkh%3Druc" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0057%3Aentry%3Dkh%3Druc" rel="nofollow">κῆρυξ</a> (<i>herald</i>, <i>public messenger</i>, <i>envoy</i>, but may also mean <i>auctioneer</i>), built from the stem κήρυκ- (keryk-). The cognate verb is <a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0057%3Aentry%3Dkhru%2Fssw" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0057%3Aentry%3Dkhru%2Fssw" rel="nofollow">κηρύσσω</a> (kerusso; <i>to be a herald</i>, <i>to proclaim</i>, <i>to be an auctioneer</i>). The etymology of is unknown, but has been taken to be akin to the Sanskrit <i>kāru</i>, meaning <i>singer</i> or <i>poet</i>. This is rejected by Beekes. See <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%CE%BA%E1%BF%86%CF%81%CF%85%CE%BE" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%CE%BA%E1%BF%86%CF%81%CF%85%CE%BE" rel="nofollow">Wiktionary article</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>I had to laugh, though, when I saw Liddell and Scott&#039;s definition II of κηρύκειον: <i>tax on auction sales</i>.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1313821[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s the buyer&#039;s fee we&#039;re always complaining about here at CT!!! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie100" alt=":wideyed:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie4" alt=":mad:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie101" alt=":woot:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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