A laconic phrase or laconism is a concise or terse statement, especially a blunt and elliptical rejoinder. It is named after Laconia, the region of Greece...
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The Guardian "If—" (published 1910), a poem by Rudyard Kipling The laconic phrase "If", a Spartan reply to a threat by Philip II If (band), 1970s British...
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From this derives the already ancient term "laconic," and is related to expressions such as "laconic phrase" or "laconophilia." The first reference to...
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translations of notable Latin phrases, such as veni vidi vici and et cetera. Some of the phrases are themselves translations of Greek phrases, as Greek rhetoric...
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Molon labe (category Greek words and phrases)
take [them]', is a classical expression of defiance. It is among the Laconic phrases reported by Plutarch, attributed to King Leonidas I in reply to the...
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be nice, then, if we shall have shade in which to fight them?" The laconic phrase "then we will fight in the shade" was cited by later Latin writers such...
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Laconic speech may mean: alogia - a thought impoverishment observable through speech and language use laconic phrase - a concise or terse statement, especially...
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"Spartan" means simple, frugal, avoiding luxury and comfort. The term "laconic phrase" describes the very terse and direct speech characteristic of the Spartans...
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Peloponnese peninsula. Its administrative capital is Sparta. The word laconic—to speak in a blunt, concise way—is derived from the name of this region...
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service. The first name of the project, Laconica, was a reference to the Laconic phrase, a particularly concise or terse statement of a kind attributed to the...
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