Lacedaemon

English

Etymology

From Latin Lacedaemōn, from Ancient Greek Λακεδαίμων (Lakedaímōn).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌlæsəˈdiːmən/

Proper noun

Lacedaemon

  1. another name of Sparta

Translations

Latin

Alternative forms

  • Lacedaemō

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Λακεδαίμων (Lakedaímōn).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Lacedaemō̆n f sg (genitive Lacedaemonis); third declension

  1. Lacedaemon, Sparta

Declension

Third-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

singular
nominative Lacedaemō̆n
genitive Lacedaemonis
dative Lacedaemonī
accusative Lacedaemonem
Lacedaemona
ablative Lacedaemone
vocative Lacedaemō̆n
locative Lacedaemonī

Derived terms

  • Lacedaemonēs
  • Lacedaemonius

References

  • Lacedaemon”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Lacedaemon in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.