Molon Labe

Molon Labe: the phrase dates back many centuries, but it’s been used more in any month (or week, or day) here in the United States than in all the years since the phrase was coined. Most simply put, Molon Labe means either “Come and take them,” or “Come and take it” depending on how the original Greek is interpreted.

Most of you reading this probably recall the following scene (you’ll need to scroll about 30 seconds in):

Just a fewer will recognize this one.

Molon Labe Pronunciation

“How is Molon Labe pronounced,” you ask? Glad you asked.

The correct pronunciation of Molon Labe is, at least according to everything we’ve seen in our research, mow–LAWN law-BAY.  You put the stress on the second syllable of both words. If you believe some of the self-proclaimed purists, the proper Greek way would have it pronounced mow-LAWN law-VAY.

Are either of those correct? Probably both. Maybe neither, at least not completely. See, we’re not Greek linguists. But we’ve been given to understand that the ancient pronunciation of β was the same as the english b, while the v/w sound came from ϝ/.  The latter, διγαμμον, is apparently a letter that eventually disappeared

That seems reasonable. Alphabets change, or never matched up to modern English in the first place. For instance, there weren’t any “U” letters in ancient Latin, they were all actually “Vs”. Anybody who watched the ending of Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade can tell you that. But we digress.

Molon Labe Pronunciation (Video Explanation)

See also:

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2021/09/sparta-history-molon-labe-origin-second-amendment.html

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