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[–] lvxferre@mander.xyz 10 points 6 months ago (1 children)

It's actually worse. The name couldn't be from the 1st century CE because otherwise it would be Lonchinus [lɔn'ki:nʊs]; back then Greek still kept ⟨χ⟩ as [kʰ] (as in "kit"), this would only change around the 4th century or so.

Plus whoever coined that name wasn't fully proficient in Greek, otherwise they wouldn't plop a Latin -īnus into it, they'd go with ⟨λογχίτης⟩ lonkhítēs "spear-bearer, the spear guy" → Lonchites instead.

...the English pronunciation stands out as being weirder than everything above. Also, obligatory:

A spear of Longinus a day keeps the Tang sea away~

[–] hakunawazo@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago

Ah there is the fork of horripilation. You have one of Sheororaths holy artifacts.