μολὼν λαβέ

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /mo.lɔ̀ːn la.bé/ → /moˈlon laˈβe/ → /moˈlon laˈve/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mo.lɔ̀ːn la.bé/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /moˈlon laˈbe/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /moˈlon laˈβe/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /moˈlon laˈve/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /moˈlon laˈve/

Phrase

μολὼν λαβέ • (molṑn labé)

1. "come and take [them]" (in response to the Persian army’s demand that the Spartans surrender their weapons at the Battle of Thermopylae).