English
Etymology
From Latin Lāocoōn, from Ancient Greek Λᾱοκόων (Lāokóōn).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /leɪˈɒkɵ.ɒn/
- IPA(key): /leɪˈɒkoʊˌɒn/, /leɪˈɒkəˌwɒn/
Proper noun
Laocoön
- (Greek mythology) A Trojan priest of Poseidon (or Apollo, depending on the author), whose rules he had defied (or whom he had otherwise offended), who tried to warn his fellow citizens against the Trojan horse. He was killed for this, along with his two sons, by giant snakes sent by Minerva (or Poseidon, or Apollo).
- (Greek mythology) An Argonaut, son of Porthaon.
Translations
Trojan or Argonaut
- Armenian: Լաոկոոն (hy) (Laokoon)
- Belarusian: Лаако́ан (Laakóan)
- Bulgarian: Лаоко́он (Laokóon)
- Catalan: Laocoont
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 拉奥孔 (Lā'àokǒng)
- Czech: Láokoón
- Danish: Laokoon
- Dutch: Laocoön m
- Esperanto: Laokoonto
- Finnish: Laokoon
- French: Laocoon (fr) m
- Galician: Laocoonte m
- Georgian: ლაოკოონი (laoḳooni)
- German: Laokoon m
- Greek: Λαοκόων (el) m (Laokóon)
- Ancient: Λαοκόων m (Laokóōn)
- Hebrew: לאוקואון
- Hungarian: Laokoón
- Indonesian: Laokoon
- Italian: Laocoonte m
- Japanese: ラーオコオーン (Rāokoōn)
- Korean: 라오콘 (Raokon)
- Latin: Lāocoōn m
- Lithuanian: Laokoontas
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: Laokoon
- Nynorsk: Laokoon
- Persian: لائوکوئون
- Polish: Laokoon m
- Portuguese: Laocoonte m
- Romanian: Laocoon m
- Russian: Лаоко́онт m (Laokóont)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: Лаоконт
- Roman: Laokont
- Slovak: Laokoón
- Spanish: Laocoonte m
- Swedish: Laokoon
- Thai: เลอาโคอัน (layaakoan)
- Ukrainian: Лаоко́он m (Laokóon)
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Proper noun
Laocoön m
- (mythology) Laocoön, the Trojan priest
- (mythology) Laocoön, the Argonaut