Understand โPhilippicโ Through Etymology
Whatโs a ๐ฝ๐ต๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ฐ? Why does this remind me of #kings, #electronics, and #horses?
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#1. ๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐น๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐?
Weโre talking about bitter, frictional, denouncing speeches about someone, and why that kind of speech is a ๐ฝ๐ต๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ฐ!
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#2. ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐๐๐บ๐ผ๐น๐ผ๐ด๐
The word ๐ฝ๐ต๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ฐ comes from the Greek parts ๐ฃ๐ต๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐ฝ (referring to โKing Philip II – King of Macedonโ) and -๐ถ๐ฐ (โrelated toโ).
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#3. ๐ช๐ต๐ผ ๐ป๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ถ๐? ๐ช๐ต๐ฒ๐ป?
1592, by G. Harvey
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#4. ๐ฆ๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฝ๐ต๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ฐ ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ป? and ๐ช๐ต๐?
Demosthenes (legendary Greek orator) made speeches directed against King Philip II of Macedon (the father of Alexander the Great). These speeches came to be known as ๐ฅ๐๐๐ก๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ ๐ค๐ ๐ก๐ค๐๐ค๐, or literally, โspeeches relating to Philipโ. In the ๐บ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฒ, a philippic has retained only the โbitter, frictional, denouncing, defamatory speechโ part of the meaning, and today the word carries no specific reference to King Philip II.
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#5. When you think ๐ฝ๐ต๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ฐ you should be reminded of:
A. ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐ โ because lots of kings were called ๐ฃ๐ต๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐ฝ (here’s a list –ย https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
B. ๐ฒ๐น๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ป๐ถ๐ฐ๐ โ because ๐ฃ๐ต๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐ฝ๐ is a Dutch multinational conglomerate and one of the largest electronics companies
C. ๐ต๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ฒ๐ โ because ๐ฃ๐ต๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐ฝ = ๐ฃ๐ต๐ถ๐น (love) + ๐ต๐ถ๐ฝ๐ฝ (horse) = ๐ฎ ๐น๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ต๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ฒ๐, which is a name used to describe knights, as they used to train with their horses for long hours. See our post on ๐ฃ๐ต๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐ฝ –ย https://logophilia.in/
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