Laconophile

See also: laconophile

English

Etymology

From Lacono- +‎ -phile.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪ̯l

Adjective

Laconophile (not comparable)

1. exhibiting Laconophilia, love for or obsession with the Spartans
   • 2007, Josiah Ober, Athenian legacies: Essays on the Politics of Going on Together‎^[1], Princeton University Press, →ISBN, page 152:

     I would certainly not want to claim that Thucydides meant the readers of Pericles’ Funeral Oration to recall some particular Laconophile tract, nor, a fortiori, that Demosthenes had a copy of Plato’s dialogues in hand when he composed his speech against Meidias.

Noun

Laconophile (plural Laconophiles)

1. one who loves or is obsessed with the Spartans
   • 1982, Peter Krentz, The Thirty at Athens‎^[2], Cornell University Press, →ISBN, page 46:

     There is no evidence that he fought with Sparta against Athens, but as he was a notorious Laconophile, he was a suitable choice to lead the oligarchs

Alternative forms

• laconophile