γλῠκῠ́ς (glŭkŭ́s, “sweet”)
And that's where we get glucose from in English.
From Etymology Online: name of a group of sugars (in commercial use, "sugar-syrup from starch"), 1840, from French glucose (1838), said to have been coined by French professor Eugène Melchior Péligot (1811-1890) from Greek gleukos "must, sweet wine," related to glykys "sweet" (see gluco-). It first was obtained from grape sugar. Related: Glucosic.
A helpful tutorial on Greek numerals.
PS. And note their use in the list of books of Epicurus (DL 10.28)
Τιμοκράτης γ᾽. (Timokrates 3 (books))
Μητρόδωρος ε᾽. (Metrodoros 5 (books))
Ἀντίδωρος β᾽. (Antidoros 2 (books)
I don't know who needs to know this, but:
Leía means "booty" in ancient Greek.
May the Force be with you.
Bonus Fact! Légō can mean "picking out stones for building".
Just saw this recitation of the beginning of the Iliad on YouTube. Imagining this as an ancient rhapsode performing at a banquet is pretty easy. I found it intriguing.
Very dramatic!
This gives you 40 seconds of the opening of the Letter to Menoeceus:
This gives you 40 seconds of the opening of the Letter to Menoeceus:
That one I actually bought. I need to get back to that at some point.
Just saw this recitation of the beginning of the Iliad on YouTube. Imagining this as an ancient rhapsode performing at a banquet is pretty easy. I found it intriguing.
I was personally blown away by this video. I'm sharing this without any commentary on the figure reciting the verse. Like I said ... totally surprised (refreshingly surprised). Skip to 0:59.
I was personally blown away by this video. I'm sharing this without any commentary on the figure reciting the verse.
However, I also recommend watching it with the auto-generated captioning. It is hilarious!! (More wonders of AI 
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A true masterpiece.
Part of Lucretius' Book 3 Proem sang in classical Latin pronunciation to some medieval-like music. Lovely stuff.
