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Headword:
Lakônikos
Adler number: lambda,67
Translated headword: Laconic
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [A term for] one who is hard, one who is brave.[1]
For such [are] the Laconians. Also [found as] an adverb.[2]
Also [sc. attested is the phrase] 'breathing Laconic', meaning strong[ly]; or adopting the Laconians' way of thinking.[3]
Greek Original:Lakônikos: ho sterros, ho andreios. toioutoi gar hoi Lakônes. kai epirrêma. kai Lakônikon pneôn, anti tou ischuron: ê ta Lakônôn phronôn.
Notes:
[1] Likewise in other lexica; see the references at
Photius lambda49 Theodoridis.
[2] As illustrated in what now follows (and cf.
lambda 68).
[3] From the
scholia to
Aristophanes,
Lysistrata 276, where the phrase occurs. See LSJ under
pne/w, V. For the "way of thinking" idiom cf. already
lambda 62.
Translated by: D. Graham J. Shipley on 14 July 2002@05:47:18.
Vetted by:David Whitehead (added notes and keywords; cosmetics) on 14 July 2002@07:27:22.
David Whitehead (augmented notes and keywords) on 27 March 2013@10:40:35.
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