TIL recently: the "-labe" in "astrolabe" has the same root as the "labe" in "molon labe" "molon labe" = come and take it "astrolabe" = star [ angle ] taker
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Replying to @MorlockP
agh can't decide whether to start saying /molɔn leb/ or /æstro labe/ ...juggling them a bit, gotta be the latter
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Replying to @djinnius
hadn't even thought of the former, but, yes, since learning this a week ago, "astro λαβέ" has become my head canon
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