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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread laconic #124836 03/08/2004 4:45 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 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." Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: laconic wwh #169911 09/10/2007 9:14 AM Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 1 Toronto, Ontario, Canada Story Ward stranger Story Ward stranger Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 1 Toronto, Ontario, Canada Am reading Paul Cartledge's The Spartans; I love the "if." Thanks for an early morning chuckle. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: laconic Story Ward #169933 09/10/2007 11:18 PM Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada Zed Pooh-Bah Zed Pooh-Bah Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada Welcome aboard, Story. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Re: laconic Zed #169946 09/11/2007 3:49 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York Hi, Story and welcome How on earth did you manage to find such an old post by our dear and sadly departed friend? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,915 Posts230,263 Members9,208 Most Online4,606 Sep 17th, 2025 Newest Members JerryC, blvd, Tony Hood, Wood Delivery, Forix Richard 9,208 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 27 A C Bowden 8 Forix Richard 1 John Flex 1 handymanhome 1 JerryC 1 Wood Delivery 1 Trusted Roofing 1 John Fox 1 Tony Hood 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,123 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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