GREEK SURNAMES.
That resounding termination to so many Greek statesmen’s names, “opoulos,” is merely one of the many Greek equivalents of our “son.” The frequency of the ending, varied by “ides,” “akos,” or *'akes,” points to an emergency. Other ways of creating Greek surnames were tried. Thus “Metaxas” will have had- a father or grandfather who wqve .silk; while “Peta]as” will furnish the surname of a man whose father was n smith, hut had no name oilier plain Socrates, Hngher. 'in the so. cial scale families were known by their descent, as in the of the JVenezeloi, who came (Centuries ago fromVeniee.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 1651, 16 December 1916, Page 4
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102GREEK SURNAMES. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 1651, 16 December 1916, Page 4
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