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Wordsmith likes this word so well it has been Today's Word
three times.
Date: Wed Jun 6 00:53:11 EDT 2001
Subject: A.Word.A.Day--laconic
laconic (luh-KON-ik) adjective
Sparing with words, concise, terse.
[From Latin Laconicus, from Greek Lakonikos, from Lakon, Laconian, a resident
of Laconia, an ancient country in southern Greece (Capital: Sparta). From the
the reputation of the Laconians for terseness.]
The first Latin book I had told about a Persian envoy trying
to intimidate the Spartans by saying: "When our archers shoot their arrows, the sun will be blotted out."
The Spartan replied: "Good. We will fight in the shade."
On another occasion, the Persian envoy delivered a theat
about what would happen if Persia invaded Sparta.
The Spartan king replied: "If."
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Am reading Paul Cartledge's The Spartans; I love the "if." Thanks for an early morning chuckle.
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Hi, Story and welcome
How on earth did you manage to find such an old post by our dear and sadly departed friend?
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