pontifex maximus

topic posted Tue, April 5, 2005 - 6:40 PM by  jheem 		Share/Save/Bookmark
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Emile Benveniste thought that pontifex did not originally mean bridge-builder as one believe. Latin pons, pontis, 'bridge' is related to Greek pontos 'sea' and Skt pantah 'path'. He suggested maker of the sacred way: sort of like the Tao.
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