英语词汇laconic的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

laconic. “If we enter Laconia, we will raze it to the ground,” an Athenian herald (or Philip of Macedon) is said to have an- nounced to the Laconians. “If,” was the reply he received from the sententious Spartan magistrates. The Lacadaemonians were all supposed to be so parsimonious with words, and were noted in the ancient world not only for their stoic Spartan life- style but also for their short, brusque, and pithy way of speak- ing and writing, which was appropriate for their outward lack of emotion. Not only in Sparta, the capital, but throughout the country youths were taught modesty and conciseness of speech, taught so well that the word laconic comes to us by way of Latin from the Greek Lakonikos, meaning “like a Laco- nian.” A laconic person is generally one who expresses much without wasting words, who is terse, to the point, and usually undemonstrative.

词汇	laconic
词源	laconic. “If we enter Laconia, we will raze it to the ground,” an Athenian herald (or Philip of Macedon) is said to have an- nounced to the Laconians. “If,” was the reply he received from the sententious Spartan magistrates. The Lacadaemonians were all supposed to be so parsimonious with words, and were noted in the ancient world not only for their stoic Spartan life- style but also for their short, brusque, and pithy way of speak- ing and writing, which was appropriate for their outward lack of emotion. Not only in Sparta, the capital, but throughout the country youths were taught modesty and conciseness of speech, taught so well that the word laconic comes to us by way of Latin from the Greek Lakonikos, meaning “like a Laco- nian.” A laconic person is generally one who expresses much without wasting words, who is terse, to the point, and usually undemonstrative.
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