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Λᾰκων-ικός

*lakonikos

Laconian, Laconia, Laconian shoes

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Where it lives

  • Constitution of the Lacedaemonians 3 · 6.17/10k
  • Economics 2 · 3.23/10k
  • Hellenica 18 · 2.74/10k
  • History 31 · 2.07/10k
  • Politics 12 · 1.84/10k
  • Anabasis 4 · 0.71/10k
  • Epistles 1 · 0.59/10k
  • Cratylus 1 · 0.56/10k
  • Protagoras 1 · 0.56/10k
  • Histories 9 · 0.49/10k
  • Laws 5 · 0.48/10k
  • Lives of Eminent Philosophers 5 · 0.47/10k

Densest 12 of 15 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

Λᾰκων-ικός · Lakōn-ikos — LSJ

Laconian

Laconian, ἄνδρες Ar. Lys. 628, etc.; κλειδίον, a kind of key, Id. Th. 423, cf. Aristopho 7.4, Men. 343; Λακωνικὸν πνέων Ar. Lys. 276; βραχυλογία τις Λ. Pl. Prt. 343b; ἐλάττω ἔχειν γῆν τὸν ἀγρὸν ἐπιστολῆς Λακωνικῆς Prov. in Str. 1.2.30, cf. Longin. 38.5. Adv. -κῶς Diph. 96; συντόμως καὶ Λ. D.S. 13.52.

II

as Subst.,

1 Laconia

ἡ Λακωνική (sc. γῆ) Laconia, Ar. Pax 245, etc.

b Laconian shoes

Λακωνικαί (sc. ἐμβάδες), αἱ, Laconian shoes, used by men, Id. V. 1158, Th. 142, Ec. 74, 269, al.

2 the state of Lacedaemon, Laconian

τὸ -κόν the state of Lacedaemon, Hdt. 7.235; τῆς ὁμιλίας τὸ Λ. Laconian fashion, Plu. Cleom. 32.

3 Laconian steel

τὸ Λ. Laconian steel, St.Byz. s.v. Λακεδαίμων.

4 female garment

Λακωνικόν, τό, female garment, διαφανῆ Λ. LXX Is. 3.23.

In the wild

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Where it came from

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