Don Ro |
07-15-2015 11:15 PM |
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Originally Posted by BlueSkyJaunte
(Post 8712512)
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"Molon labe (Greek: μολὼν λαβέ), meaning "come and take them", is a classical expression of defiance. The two words function together in a grammatical structure (not as common in English as in Greek) called the circumstantial participle.[4] Where English would put two main verbs in two independent clauses joined by a conjunction: "come and take", a strategy sometimes called paratactic, Ancient Greek, which is far richer in participles, subordinates one to the other, a strategy called hypotactic: "coming, take". The first action is expressed with a participle with adverbial force. In this structure, the participle gives some circumstance (the coming) attendant on the main verb (the taking)."
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Oh, of course. This was my second guess. :)
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