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
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /la.keˈdae̯.moːn/, [ɫ̪äkɛˈd̪äe̯moːn] or IPA(key): /la.keˈdae̯.mon/, [ɫ̪äkɛˈd̪äe̯mɔn]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /la.t͡ʃeˈde.mon/, [lät͡ʃeˈd̪ɛːmon]

Proper noun

Lacedaemō̆n f sg (genitive Lacedaemonis); third declension

  1. Lacedaemon, Sparta

Declension

Third-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case 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.
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