09-09-2025, 11:47 PM
something relevant to OP
ancient greek has the unique trait of squeezing the meaning of 3-4 words into one
that makes it particularly hard to read, at school I had to resort to memorizing translation sometimes because the way text was written, even if you knew the etymology of words you couldnt understand it.
for example, the ancient phrase said by leonidas "molon lave" has the literal meaning "after having come here, take (them)"
and yet they somehow squeezed it into two words
ancient greek has the unique trait of squeezing the meaning of 3-4 words into one
that makes it particularly hard to read, at school I had to resort to memorizing translation sometimes because the way text was written, even if you knew the etymology of words you couldnt understand it.
for example, the ancient phrase said by leonidas "molon lave" has the literal meaning "after having come here, take (them)"
and yet they somehow squeezed it into two words
