Laconia

See also: Lacónia and Lacônia

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Λακωνία (Lakōnía).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ləˈkəʊ.ni.ə/

Proper noun

Laconia

  1. A regional unit in the southern Peloponnese, Greece (known since antiquity as Lacedaemon), which has had Sparta as its capital for over 3,000 years.
  2. A town in Indiana, USA
  3. A city in and the county seat of Belknap County, New Hampshire, USA.
  4. An unincorporated community in Tennessee, USA

Translations


Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Λακωνία (Lakōnía).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /laˈkoː.ni.a/, [ɫaˈkoː.ni.a]

Proper noun

Lacōnia f (genitive Lacōniae); first declension

  1. Laconia

Declension

First declension.

Case Singular
Nominative Lacōnia
Genitive Lacōniae
Dative Lacōniae
Accusative Lacōniam
Ablative Lacōniā
Vocative Lacōnia

References

  • Laco in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Laconia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Laconia in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

Portuguese

Proper noun

Laconia f

  1. Obsolete spelling of Lacónia
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