Lacedaemon

English

Etymology

From Latin Lacedaemōn, from Ancient Greek Λακεδαίμων (Lakedaímōn).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌlæsəˈdiːmən/

Proper noun

Lacedaemon

1. another name of Sparta

Translations

another name of Sparta

• French: Lacédémone (fr)
• Japanese: ラケダイモーン (rakedaimōn), ラケダイモン (rakedaimon)
• Latin: Lacedaemōn f
• Old English: Læcedemonia
• Polish: Lacedemon (pl) m
• Portuguese: Lacedemônia f (Brazilian Portuguese), Lacedemónia f (European Portuguese)
• Russian: Лакедемо́н (ru) m (Lakedemón)

Latin

Alternative forms

• Lacedaemō

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Λακεδαίμων (Lakedaímōn).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /la.keˈdae̯.moːn/, [ɫ̪äkɛˈd̪äe̯moːn] or IPA^(key): /la.keˈdae̯.mon/, [ɫ̪äkɛˈd̪äe̯mɔn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /la.t͡ʃeˈde.mon/, [lät͡ʃeˈd̪ɛːmon]

Proper noun

Lacedaemō̆n f sg (genitive Lacedaemonis); third declension

1. Lacedaemon, Sparta

Declension

Third-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Lacedaemō̆n
genitive	Lacedaemonis
dative	Lacedaemonī
accusative	Lacedaemonem Lacedaemona
ablative	Lacedaemone
vocative	Lacedaemō̆n
locative	Lacedaemonī

Derived terms

• Lacedaemonēs
• Lacedaemonius

References

• “Lacedaemon”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Lacedaemon in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.