pontifex maximus - etyma kai entomoi - tribe.net Tribe.net. Local Connections Re: pontifex maximus $item.owner.firstName http://etykaiento.tribe.net/thread/92fbf71c-f9e2-4b91-af54-25268ee72107#82f8816b-f246-4481-91bd-cf8d7a7cbebb 2005-06-17T08:41:02Z 2005-06-17T08:41:02Z tk tk tk tk tk tao $item.owner.firstName 2005-06-17T08:41:02Z pontifex maximus jheem http://etykaiento.tribe.net/thread/92fbf71c-f9e2-4b91-af54-25268ee72107#e8a85621-b3c0-4875-bf95-35ae5c2b1ffd 2005-04-06T01:40:12Z 2005-04-06T01:40:12Z 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. jheem 2005-04-06T01:40:12Z