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Don Ro 07-15-2015 11:15 PM

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Originally Posted by BlueSkyJaunte (Post 8712512)

"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. :)

NY65912 07-16-2015 02:46 AM

Wonderful!! Amazing how hard the pilot had to work. Hopefully i'll get to go up in one for my 60th BD in Sept!

Porsche-O-Phile 07-16-2015 02:52 AM

Great video - that plane just looks so effortless. Wasn't even breaking a sweat. Awesome!


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