Λακεδαίμων
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Λάκων (Lákōn) and δαίμων (daímōn) (or δᾶμος (dâmos), a Doric form of δῆμος (dêmos)).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /la.ke.dǎi̯.mɔːn/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /la.keˈdɛ.mon/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /la.ceˈðɛ.mon/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /la.ceˈðe.mon/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /la.ceˈðe.mon/
Proper noun
Λᾰκεδαίμων • (Lăkedaímōn) f (genitive Λᾰκεδαίμονος); third declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | ἡ Λᾰκεδαίμων hē Lăkedaímōn | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς Λᾰκεδαίμονος tês Lăkedaímonos | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ Λᾰκεδαίμονῐ tēî Lăkedaímonĭ | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν Λᾰκεδαίμονᾰ tḕn Lăkedaímonă | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Λᾰκεδαῖμον Lăkedaîmon | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- Λᾰκεδαιμόνῐος (Lăkedaimónĭos)
Related terms
Descendants
- Greek: Λακεδαίμων (Lakedaímon), Λακεδαίμονα (Lakedaímona)
- Latin: Lacedaemō̆n
References
- “Λακεδαίμων”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Λακεδαίμων”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “Λακεδαίμων”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- “Λακεδαίμων”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,014