et sesquipedalia verba”，意思是“He throws aside his paint pots and his words that are a foot and a half long”。
新创单词.古希腊的喜剧诗人阿里斯多芬尼斯在剧作Assemblywomen中，创造了一个由183个字母组成的词：lopadotemachose­lachogaleokranioleipsanodrimhypot­rimmatosilphioparaomelitokatak