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copiae
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Hey guys, I stumbled on this forum looking for an answer to a riddle thats been bugging me for a while. While I am here though, I thought I might share a riddle that I came up with a while ago. Honestly, I am curious as to if anyone can crack it. Anyway, without further ado...
A virile genus, the same in greek, coupled with the ancient greek sound, is what I am, very loosely and broadly. To be more specific, take away four of my characters; a diminutive cavalcade indeed.
Who, or what, am I?
Happy solving!
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copiae
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Er, my bad. I forgot to change the title into something meaningful.
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Re: A virile genus
« Reply #2 on: May 11th, 2005, 1:36am » |
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A stab in the dark anyway.
A horn of plenty
Some sort of plant called a horn of plenty, or cornocopia.
So, it is virile (horny) and there is a lot of it, as in a cavalcade.
Any more hints?
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Re: A virile genus
« Reply #3 on: May 14th, 2005, 1:06pm » |
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Another stab:
A Spartan.
Certainly was a verile group (genus?) of people.
Take away four letters and make ant , fits diminutive calvacade, as in a small parade of ants.
Can't figure the 'greek sound' part though.
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