Laconia

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See also: Lacónia and Lacônia

English

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek Λακωνία (Lakōnía).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Laconia

  1. A region in the southern Peloponnese, Greece, which has had Sparta as its capital for over 3,000 years.
  2. A city, the county seat of Belknap County, New Hampshire; named for the Laconia Car Company, a railroad car manufacturer.
  3. A town in Indiana.
  4. An unincorporated community in Tennessee.

Translations

Italian

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Laconia f

  1. Laconia

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Λακωνία (Lakōnía). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?) From the Ancient Greek expression "Λακωνική (Lakōnikḗ), sc. γῆ f ()" (the land of the Lacons), from Λάκων (Lákōn, Laconian).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Lacōnia f sg (genitive Lacōniae); first declension

  1. Laconia

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

singular
nominative Lacōnia
genitive Lacōniae
dative Lacōniae
accusative Lacōniam
ablative Lacōniā
vocative Lacōnia

References

  • Laco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Laconia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Laconia”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

Portuguese

Proper noun

Laconia f

  1. Obsolete spelling of Lacónia.