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Λάκων

Λάκων

Ancient Greek

(4th AD Koine) IPA^(key): /lákon/

(10th AD Byzantine) IPA^(key): /lákon/

(15th AD Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /lákon/

Noun

Λάκων • ‎(Lákōn) m ‎(genitive Λάκωνος); third declension

a Laconian

Inflection

Third declension of Λάκων, Λάκωνος

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ Λάκων	τὼ Λάκωνε	οἱ Λάκωνες
Genitive	τοῦ Λάκωνος	τοῖν Λᾰκώνοιν	τῶν Λᾰκώνων
Dative	τῷ Λάκωνῐ	τοῖν Λᾰκώνοιν	τοῖς Λάκωσῐ(ν)
Accusative	τὸν Λάκωνᾰ	τὼ Λάκωνε	τοὺς Λάκωνᾰς
Vocative	Λάκων	Λάκωνε	Λάκωνες

Dialectal forms:
Notes:

Related terms

Λακεδαίμων ‎(Lakedaímōn)
Λακεδαιμόνιος ‎(Lakedaimónios)

Derived terms

Λάκαινα ‎(Lákaina)
Λακωνία ‎(Lakōnía)
Λακωνική ‎(Lakōnikḗ)

Descendants

English: laconic
Greek: Λακωνίας m ‎(Lakonías, “Laconia”)
λακωνικός ‎(lakonikós, “laconic, laconian”)

Greek (Katharevousa):

Λάκων ‎(Lákon, “Laconia”)

Λάκωνας ‎(Lákonas)

References

Λάκων in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Λάκων in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
Λάκων in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English-Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,014