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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Λάκων (Lákōn) and δαίμων (daímōn) (or δᾶμος (dâmos), a Doric form of δῆμος (dêmos)).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /la.ke.dǎi̯.mɔːn/ → /la.ceˈðɛ.mon/ → /la.ceˈðe.mon/
Proper noun
Λᾰκεδαίμων • (Lakedaímōn) f (genitive Λᾰκεδαίμονος); third declension
- Lacedaemon
Inflection
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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, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,014