Henry George Liddell

• Ancient Greek, w/ editing • All entries handpicked by Henry

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You have three hours to say something intelligent about one of these massive topics, including the Mediterranean, how history should be written, what political points Plato would argue with Lenin about, and the United Nations. Oh, and you have to write your essay in Latin:

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λειόγλωσσος, ον (leioglōssos)
—smooth-tongued, i.e. flattering

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@dwaldenwrites But when I read etcetera I assume (wrongly?) it is English, no longer Latin. Pater familias is more exotic.

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Latinists, can you tell me why 'pater familias' is often taken as a single word, when this presumably could not be determined from space-less manuscripts?

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@dysangelistes What attested usage?

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@dwaldenwrites Oh yes, but then it is unclear in English if we are using a Latin word(s) or absorbing it into a loan word.

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φρύγανον [ῡ], τό (phryganon)
—dry stick; mostly in plural, firewood

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καββαλικός, ή, όν (kabbalikos)
[Spartan for καταβλητικός]
—'good at throwing,' said of wrestlers
—metaphorical, more ready to trip up oneʼs neighbour

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καββαλικός, ή, όν (kabbalikos)
[Spartan for καταβλητικός]
—'good at throwing,' said of wrestlers
—metaphorical, more ready to trip up oneʼs neighbour

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καθαρουργός, ὁ (katharourgos)
—baker of fine bread

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καθαρουργός, ὁ (katharourgos)
—baker of fine bread

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δυσάγγελος, ον (dysanggelos)
—messenger of ill

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γαλακτοφάγος, ον (galaktophagos)
—'milk-fed,' said of men

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πωγωνοτροφέω (pōgōnotropheō)
—let the beard grow

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νωδογέρων, οντος, ὁ (nōdogerōn)
—toothless old man

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νωδογέρων, οντος, ὁ (nōdogerōn)
—toothless old man

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νωτοπλήξ, ῆγος, ὁ, ἡ (nōtoplēks)
—'with scourged back,' said of slaves

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βαθυγένειος, ον (bathygeneios)
—with deep, full beard

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κωρυκοβολία, ἡ (kōrykobolia)
—exercise with punching-bag

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γλισχρολογέομαι (glischrologeomai)
—squabble about trifles