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After sticking it into CharGPT I can tell you it's neither. The word upmost is coming from is a form of the compound verb ἐκπονέω. * ἐκ- = “out,” “thoroughly,”
by charcircuit 4mo ago
After sticking it into CharGPT I can tell you it's neither. The word upmost is coming from is a form of the compound verb ἐκπονέω.
* ἐκ- = “out,” “thoroughly,” “to the end”
* πονέω = “to labor,” “to toil,” “to work hard”
- kridsdale3 4mo agoI trust a lifelong dedicated Ancient Greek Papyrologist to do a better job here than ChatGPT.
- charcircuit 4mo agoAnd I don't. Humans are notoriously subjective / opinionated in the translations they make.
- TychoCelchuuu 4mo ago[dead]
- sapphicsnail 4mo agoI can actually read Ancient Greek. LLMS are really bad at it. > * ἐκ- = “out,” “thoroughly,” “to the end” ἐκ is more motion away from something. It's often an intensifier in verb compounds but not really as a standalone preposition. Ancient Greek is a very different language from English. I've found people who try to brute force it by looking up individual words without a knowledge of the grammar end up with a worse understanding of a text that someone who just reads in translation.