Λαοκόων

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Ancient Greek

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Laocoön

Etymology

From λᾱός (lāós, “people”) +‎ κοέω (koéō, “to know”) +‎ -ων (-ōn).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /laː.o.kó.ɔːn/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /la.oˈko.on/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /la.oˈko.on/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /la.oˈko.on/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /la.oˈko.on/

Proper noun

Λᾱοκόων • (Lāokóōn) m (genitive Λᾱοκόωντος); third declension

(Greek mythology) Laocoön, a Trojan priest
(Greek mythology) Laocoön, an Argonaut

Declension

Third declension of ὁ Λᾱοκόων; τοῦ Λᾱοκόωντος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Λᾱοκόων ho Lāokóōn
Genitive	τοῦ Λᾱοκόωντος toû Lāokóōntos
Dative	τῷ Λᾱοκόωντῐ tôi Lāokóōntĭ
Accusative	τὸν Λᾱοκόωντᾰ tòn Lāokóōntă
Vocative	Λᾱοκόων Lāokóōn
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

Descendants

Greek: Λαοκόων (Laokóon)
→ Armenian: Լաոկոոն (Laokoon)
→ Belarusian: Лаако́ан (Laakóan)
→ Bulgarian: Лаоко́он (Laokóon)
→ Chinese: 拉奥孔 (Lā'àokǒng)
→ Czech: Láokoón
→ Danish: Laokoon
→ Esperanto: Laokoonto
→ Finnish: Laokoon
→ Georgian: ლაოკოონი (laoḳooni)
→ German: Laokoon
→ Hebrew: לאוקואון
→ Hungarian: Laokoón
→ Indonesian: Laokoon
→ Japanese: ラーオコオーン (Rāokōon)
→ Korean: 라오콘 (Raokon)
→ Latin: Lāocoōn (see there for further descendants)
→ Lithuanian: Laokoontas
→ Norwegian: Laokoon
→ Persian: لائوکوئون
→ Polish: Laokoon
→ Russian: Лаоко́онт (Laokóont)
→ Serbo-Croatian: Laokont
→ Slovak: Laokoón
→ Swedish: Laokoon
→ Thai: เลอาโคอัน (layaakoan)
→ Ukrainian: Лаоко́он (Laokóon)

Further reading

Λαοκόων in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
Λαοκόων, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011

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