I'm curious why λακωνίζειν needs to be nominalized and φιλοσοφείν doesn't. | Hacker News

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		thaumasiotes 6 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Hacker News now runs on top of Common Lisp I'm curious why λακωνίζειν needs to be nominalized and φιλοσοφείν doesn't.

andsoitis 6 months ago [–]

λακωνίζειν gets nominalized when you want to discuss the concept itself (to act like a Spartan/speak laconically)

φιλοσοφείν often remains as an infinitive because it's describing an activity someone does or wants to do (to philosophize)

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