The corpus record

Λάκαινα

*lakaina · ἡ

Laconian woman

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Where it lives

Trojan Women 2 · 2.83/10k
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On Hunting 2 · 2.2/10k
Ajax 1 · 1.27/10k
Iphigenia in Tauris 1 · 1.21/10k
Orestes 1 · 1.02/10k
Ars Poetica 1 · 0.99/10k
Parmenides 1 · 0.66/10k
Hellenica 2 · 0.3/10k
Histories 2 · 0.11/10k
Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1 · 0.09/10k

What it meant — LSJ

Laconian woman, Laconian

Laconian woman (Phryn. 321), Λ. κόρη Thgn. 1002, cf. E. Hec. 441, etc.: abs., of Helen, Id. Andr. 486 (lyr.); Λάκαιναι, αἱ, title of play by Sophocles: freq., esp. in Trag., Ion. Prose, and X., as fem. Adj., = Λακωνική, Λ. χώρη Hdt. 7.235; χθών, γαῖα, γᾶ, E. Andr. 151, Tr. 1110 (lyr.), Hel. 1473 (lyr.); λίθος Laconian marble, Luc. Hipp. 5; πόλις E. Andr. 194, 209; κύων X. Cyn. 10.4; σκύλαξ Pl. Prm. 128c; ἡ Λ. (sc. κύλιξ) Laconian cup, Ar. Fr. 216.

In the wild

Λάκαιναι · Lakainai Aristotle, Ars Poetica 23
Λακαίνης · Lakainēs Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1.1 (DIORISIS sentence 222)
Λάκαιναν · Lakainan Euripides, Hecuba 440 (DIORISIS sentence 232)
Λάκαινα · Lakaina Euripides, Hecuba 650 (DIORISIS sentence 328)
Λάκαινα · Lakaina Euripides, Iphigenia in Tauris (DIORISIS sentence 463)
Λάκαιναν · Lakainan Euripides, Orestes (DIORISIS sentence 965)

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Where it came from

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