Greek Proverb of the Day: November 6

Here is today's proverb from the blog with a LOLcat and vocabulary too! This is a repeat of a proverb you've seen before, but the vocabulary list is new. The vocabulary links go to Logeion.

Γλυκὺ τὸ φῶς.

• γλυκὺ, from γλυκύς.
• τὸ, from ὁ.
• φῶς.

Γλυκὺ τὸ φῶς.

Sweet is the light.

The words come from the Biblical book of Ecclesiastes. The full verse reads: γλυκὺ τὸ φῶς καὶ ἀγαθὸν τοῖς ὀφθαλμοῖς βλέπειν σὺν τὸν ἥλιον, "and it is good for the eyes together to behold the sun." From the root of Greek γλυκ- we get the glyc- words in English like glycerine, and also gluc- words like glucose.

And here's a quiz covering the past five cats (answers at the blog only, not in the email):

Ὅμοιον ὁμοίῳ ______.

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Ὅμοιον ὁμοίῳ φίλον.

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Γλυκὺς ἀπείρῳ ______.

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Γλυκὺς ἀπείρῳ πόλεμος.

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Γλυκὺ τὸ ______.

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Γλυκὺ τὸ φῶς.

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Ἅμαξα τὸν _______ ἕλκει.

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Ἅμαξα τὸν βοῦν ἕλκει.

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Ἄρτι _______ πίττης γεύεται.

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Ἄρτι μῦς πίττης γεύεται.

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And to finish up, here's a random LOLCat too:

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