Re: The
Almighty and Omni-
Posted by bob on May 12,
2002 In Reply to: Re: The Almighty and Omni-
posted by TheFallen on May 12, 2002
: : : This came up while chatting
the other evening. God (Who's tended to have *excellent* PR representation throughout
the ages) is allegedly all-powerful (omnipotent), all-knowing (omniscient), all
over the place (omnipresent) and all-seeing (omni...erm)
: : : Can anyone fill
in the blank with a Latin-derived omni- construct? I toyed in desperation with
omnivideant, but don't believe it exists.
: : No, but it almost does. OED has
a section on "omni-" compounds, including these:
: : Omnipercipient, perceiving
all things.
: : Omnispective, looking into or beholding all things.
: :
Omnividence, the capacity of seeing all things.
: : Omnividency, a seeing of
all things; 'universal inspection'.
: : Omnivision, the action or faculty of
seeing all things; omnividence.
: Thank you... from that one can happily deduce
"omnivident", which I really should have had a better stab at.
But seeing all
is a mere subset of knowing all. You can ask a camera questions, but it just doesn't
get it. And, frankly, once God has wrapped up Omniscient, Omnipresent, and Omnipotent,
that's enough. She should quit bragging.
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