Comments on: The Long Arm of Calumny http://blog.oup.com/2010/07/calumny/ Academic insights for the thinking world. Sat, 25 May 2013 11:23:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Tweets that mention OUPblog » Blog Archive » The Long Arm of Calumny -- Topsy.com http://blog.oup.com/2010/07/calumny/#comment-166257 Tweets that mention OUPblog » Blog Archive » The Long Arm of Calumny -- Topsy.com Wed, 14 Jul 2010 15:02:52 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=9935#comment-166257 [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Lauren. Lauren said: RT @oupblogUSA: Libel! Slander! Lexicography! Oh my! http://ow.ly/2blhU [...] [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Lauren. Lauren said: RT @oupblogUSA: Libel! Slander! Lexicography! Oh my! http://ow.ly/2blhU [...]

]]> By: John Cowan http://blog.oup.com/2010/07/calumny/#comment-166255 John Cowan Wed, 14 Jul 2010 13:56:17 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=9935#comment-166255 <i>Libel</i> retains its ancient legal meaning in admiralty law, where the civil law prevails even in otherwise common-law countries. For example, one begins an <i>in rem</i> action against a ship for damage done by it by filing a libel. I remember reading that in Greek itself, <i>sl-</i> and <i>sn-</i> are unknown, appearing only in the shapes <i>skl-</i> and <i>skn-</i>. Libel retains its ancient legal meaning in admiralty law, where the civil law prevails even in otherwise common-law countries. For example, one begins an in rem action against a ship for damage done by it by filing a libel.

I remember reading that in Greek itself, sl- and sn- are unknown, appearing only in the shapes skl- and skn-.

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