Laconicum

See also: laconicum

Latin

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Nominalization of the neuter form of Lacōnicus (“Spartan”), because they were first used by Spartans.[1]

Noun

Lacōnicum n (genitive Lacōnicī); second declension

  1. laconicum (hot dry sweating room in Roman baths)
    Coordinate terms: apodytērium, caldārium, frīgidarium, tepidārium
Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

singular plural
nominative Lacōnicum Lacōnica
genitive Lacōnicī Lacōnicōrum
dative Lacōnicō Lacōnicīs
accusative Lacōnicum Lacōnica
ablative Lacōnicō Lacōnicīs
vocative Lacōnicum Lacōnica

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

Lacōnicum

  1. inflection of Lacōnicus:
    1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular
    2. accusative masculine singular

References

  1. ^ “Laco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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