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Words dealing with time

Words dealing with time. Chron -. What does it mean ? WORD TOWER. Chronology. Made of two roots Chron - -ology-. Chronicle. synchronize. Chronic. Chronometer. chronocyclegraph. What day is it? Why?. MYTHOLOGY. The beginning.

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Words dealing with time

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  1. Words dealing with time

  2. Chron- • What does it mean? • WORD TOWER

  3. Chronology • Made of two roots • Chron- • -ology-

  4. Chronicle

  5. synchronize

  6. Chronic

  7. Chronometer

  8. chronocyclegraph

  9. What day is it? Why?

  10. MYTHOLOGY

  11. The beginning • The Greeks named the days week after the sun, the moon and the five known planets, which were in turn named after the gods Ares, Hermes, Zeus, Aphrodite, and Cronus. The Greeks called the days of the week the Theonhemerai "days of the Gods".

  12. then came the romans • The Romans substituted their equivalent gods for the Greek gods, Mars, Mercury, Jove (Jupiter), Venus, and Saturn. (The two pantheons are very similar.)

  13. The NORDIC (NORSE)

  14. THE NORDIC • The Germanic peoples generally substituted roughly similar gods for the Roman gods, Tiu (Twia), Woden, Thor, Freya (Fria), but did not substitute Saturn. • days of the week in various languages *stop at end

  15. Sunday • Sun’s Day • Old English Sunnandæg • Sun god Apollo (Greek and Roman) in late Greek and Roman mythology. Some languages have changed this day to mean “Lord’s day” to better reflect their religions.

  16. monday • Moon’s Day • Old English Mōnandæg • This is likely based on a translation of the Latin name dies lunae (Spanish lunes.)

  17. tuesday • Mars’ Day (Roman) • Mars (Ares=Greek): god of war, battle rage and initiation; son of Zeus/Hera • Norse: Tiw's-day Tiw (Tyr): god of battle and victory

  18. wednesday • Mercury’s Day • Old English Wōdnesdæg • Mercury (Hermes): god of commerce; Messenger of the gods; Trickster god; son of Zeus/Maia • Woden's-day Woden/Wotan (Odin): Father and ruler of the gods and mortals; god of war, learning, poetry and the dead.

  19. thursday • Jupiter’s Day • Ger. Donnerstag • Jupiter Jove (Zeus): son of Kronos/Rhea; Supreme god, Lord of Heaven (Olympus) and mortals • Norse: Thor's-day Thor: god of thunder and sky, and good crops; son of Odin and Frigg.

  20. friday • Venus’ Day • Old English Frīgedæg • Venus (Aphrodite): goddess of sexual desire, love, beauty and procreation • Norse: Frigg's (Friia's)-day Frigg (Friia): wife of Odin; great mother of the gods; goddess of married love.

  21. saturday • Saturn’s Day • Its original Anglo-Saxon rendering was Sæturnesdæg • Saturn (Kronos): god of fertility, agriculture, time; ruler of the Titans; father of first generation of Greek gods Saturn's-day.

  22. How about the months?

  23. History of calendars • Julian Calendar: 45 B.C. • Gregorian Calendar: (also known as Western or Christian) • Signed by Pope Gregory XIII Feb 24, 1582 • Many countries with Protestants or Eastern Othodox did not agree with the change. • 1600 Scotland adapts • 1752 England adapts • Some as late as 20th century (Russia and Greece) • Made adjustments of 11 minutes per year, changed number of leap years. AND changed the beginning of the year to more closely fit Christian calendar.

  24. march • Mars: Roman God of War. • March was the original beginning of the year and time for the resumption of war.

  25. april • Aphrodite: Greek goddess of love and beauty. • Also possibly related to the latin verb APERIRE “to open” as this is the month that buds open.

  26. may • Maia : Goddess of spring

  27. June • Juno`s month • Juno is the goddess of marriage and well-being of women

  28. july • Julius Caesar was born in this month. • He reformed the calendar system, and in the process named a month after himself.

  29. august • Augustus Caesar: • Great-nephew of Julius • Named this month after himself when he was completing and clarifying Julius Ceasar’s calendar. It is said that many good things happened to him this month, so he named it after himself.

  30. september • From SEPT = SEVEN

  31. october • From OCT = EIGHT

  32. november • From NOV=NINE

  33. december • From DEC = TEN

  34. January • Janus: Roman God of Beginning and Endings

  35. february • Februa= Feast of purification celebrated in Rome during this month.

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