What does Arcoscephale mean?

moderation · #1 May 11th, 2008, 02:40 AM

I think cephale means "head", as in the case of cephalopods, but what is does "Arco" mean? All I can think of is either the Arco gas company or a misspelling of acropolis. Anyone have insights into the name of this nation?

Omnirizon · #2 May 11th, 2008, 02:46 AM

it probably is just 'acro' with the 'c' and 'r' rearranged and tagged onto 'cephale'. both are greek words.

Randvek · #3 May 11th, 2008, 02:49 AM

Arco is a musical term you might know if you played the violin, but that seems rather obscure to me.

moderation · #4 May 11th, 2008, 05:37 AM

Hmm... acrocephalia is a medical term for someone with a pointed or conelike head. If 'arco' is a misspelling of 'acro', then that means Arcoscephaleans are coneheads.

http://www.medicineword.com/acrocephalia.shtml

Fal · #5 May 11th, 2008, 10:20 AM

and likewise, what does T'ien Ch'i mean?

Technowolf · #6 May 11th, 2008, 11:12 AM

T'ien Ch'i basically means "Heaven and Earth". Pretty ambitious name once you think about it.

atul · #7 May 11th, 2008, 11:21 AM

I remember this question has surfaced before. Apart from extensive forum search, I'd think Arcoscephale's beginning meant something like an arch (or bridge), and cephale might mean head or leader.

...make your own mind about that.

Technowolf · #8 May 11th, 2008, 11:59 AM

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atul said:
I'd think Arcoscephale's beginning meant something like an arch (or bridge), and cephale might mean head or leader.

Actually, it might be a corruption of Argos, a Greek city on the southeast coast of the Peloponnese, to the northeast of Sparta. According to Wikipedia the word Argos is pre-Hellenic and means something like 'shine' or 'brightly shining'.

So Arcoscephale might mean 'shining heads'. Whether this refers to their bright helmets or their bald heads is for the devs to figure out.

Zeldor · #9 May 11th, 2008, 12:34 PM

Fal:

T'ien Ch'i is chinese emperor. Probably the worst one in history.

BesucherXia · #10 May 11th, 2008, 01:29 PM

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Zeldor said:
Fal:

T'ien Ch'i is chinese emperor. Probably the worst one in history.

Being a Chinese, I can not recall whom you mean. Could you please make further explanation?

IMO, T'ien Ch'i comes from the Chinese myth concept "Tian Chi", which is the palace for Celestial Beings.

I am also excepting an official declaration .