I've done three posts, so I'll confine myself to a quick, "brill, thank you."
David Ritchie
etc.
On Aug 2, 2015, at 4:52 PM, (Redacted sender "Jlsperanza@xxxxxxx" for DMARC)
wrote:
Well, there's Short and Lewis, entry in ps. It may do to compare with the
entry for 'gladius', indeed!
Indeed, this -- 'ferrum' -- is what Grice would call a fossilised
implicature. It's not like 'ferrum' has TWO SENSES: but ONE SENSE and a
transferred
usage.
Cheers,
Speranza
