Re: [lojban-beginners] Define "define"

[Pierre Abbat <phma@phma.optus.nu>]

On Wednesday 12 January 2011 07:00:54 Bob LeChevalier, President and Founder - 
LLG wrote:
> What does "specify" mean (other than as a pretentious word for 'say')?
> %^)  I'm not sure whether it is really all that close to either to the
> concepts specific or species as used in the gismu list

A few weeks ago I defined "ἀφεδρών" as "toilet, latrine" in Wiktionary. It's a 
word I found while reading the Bible in Greek, and there's only one other 
occurrence in known Ancient Greek writings. I did not specify the meaning; I 
described or asserted the meaning. When I was a kid, I defined "tosp" as "one 
who does not know what a tosp is". Since this was a new word and a new 
concept, I specified the meaning.

Pierre
-- 
li fi'u vu'u fi'u fi'u du li pa

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