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Lacedaemon

Lacedaemon · f

the city of Lacedæmon

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Where it lives

Densest 12 of 36 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

Lăcĕdaemō^n — Lewis & Short

Lăcĕdaemō^n (Lăcĕdaemo, ŏnis, f., = *lakedai/mwn,

nom.Cic. Leg. 2, 15, 39; id. Rep. 1, 33, 50),
I the city of Lacedæmon or Sparta, near the modern Mistra: dura, Cic. Leg. 2, 15, 39; id. Rep. 1, 33, 50: patiens, Hor. C. 1, 7, 10; gen. Lacedaemonis moenia, Liv. 34, 34: obsidio, id. 34, 33; acc. Lacedaemonem, Plin. 16, 8, 13, § 34; acc. Graec. Laceuaemona, Verg. A. 7, 363; abl. Lacedaemone, Cic. Tusc. 5, 27, 77; locat. Lacedaemoni, Nep. praef. 4.—
II Hence,
A Lăcĕdaemŏnes, um, m., the Lacedæmonians: gemini illi reges Lacedaemones Heraclidae, Mamert. Pan. ad Maxim. 9, 4.—
B Lăcĕdaemŏnĭus, a, um, adj., Lacedæmonian, Spartan: mulier, i. e. Helen, Enn. ap. Div. 1, 50, 114 (Trag. v. 93 Vahl.): Tarentum, i. e. founded by Spartans, Ov. M. 15, 50; Hor. C. 3, 5, 56: Galesus, that flows near Tarentum, Mart. 2, 43, 3: marmor, Plin. 36, 7, 11, § 55: orbis, i. e. floor of Laconian marble, Juv. 11, 175.—Subst.: Lăcĕdaemŏnĭi, ōrum, m., the Lacedæmonians, Spartans, Cic. Div. 1, 43, 95 sq.; id. Tusc. 1, 42, 101; id. Rep. 3, 9, 15 et saep. —Sing.: Lacedaimonius quidam, Cic. Tusc. 1, 42, 100; Nep. Lys. 1, 1.

In the wild

6 of 136 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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