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Λάκων

Third declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: Λάκων Λάκωνος

Structure: Λακων (Stem)

Sense

  1. a Laconian

Declension

Third declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ὅτε δὲ μεταβαίην ἐπὶ τοὺσ Σκύθασ, πλανωμένουσ ἐπὶ τῶν ἁμαξῶν ἦν ἰδεῖν μικρὸν δ’ ἐγκλίνασ ^ τὸν ὀφθαλμὸν ἐπὶ θάτερα τοὺσ Αἰγυπτίουσ γεωργοῦντασ ἐπέβλεπον, καὶ ὁ Φοῖνιξ ^ ἐνεπορεύετο καὶ ὁ Κίλιξ ἐλῄστευεν καὶ ὁ Λάκων ἐμαστιγοῦτο καὶ ὁ ’ Ἀθηναῖοσ ἐδικάζετο. (Lucian, Icaromenippus, (no name) 16:10)
  • ἀλλὰ ἐρώμενον πενθῶ τὸν Λάκωνα τὸν Οἰβάλου. (Lucian, Dialogi deorum, 2:2)
  • ὃ μὲν γάρ τισ ἐξελιγμὸσ Μακεδών, ὃ δὲ Λάκων, ὃ δὲ Κρητικὸσ ὀνομάζεται· (Arrian, chapter 23 2:2)
  • Λάκων δ̓ ἐξελιγμὸσ ὀνομάζεται, ἐπειδὰν ὁ λοχαγὸσ μεταβαλλόμενοσ ἐκ δόρατοσ ὅλον τὸν λόχον μεταλλάξῃ ἐσ ἄλλον ἴσον τῷ πρόσθεν τόπον, οἱ δὲ λοιποὶ ἑπόμενοι ἐφεξῆσ αὐτῷ τάσσωνται· (Arrian, chapter 24 4:1)
  • καὶ αὖ ὧδε ἐροῦμεν τὸν Λάκωνα ἐξέλισσε, ἢ τὸν χόριον, ἢ τὸν Μακεδόνα. (Arrian, chapter 31 6:1)
  • εἶτ’ ὦ Λάκωνεσ, πρὸσ γὰρ ὑμᾶσ τρέψομαι, οὐκ ἴσθ’ ὅτ’ ἐλθὼν δεῦρο Περικλείδασ ποτὲ ὁ Λάκων Ἀθηναίων ἱκέτησ καθέζετο ἐπὶ τοῖσι βωμοῖσ ὠχρὸσ ἐν φοινικίδι στρατιὰν προσαιτῶν; (Aristophanes, Lysistrata, Choral, anapests 1:12)
  • ἐντεῦθεν αὐδὴν τρίποδοσ ἐκ χρυσοῦ λακὼν Φοῖβόσ μ’ ἔπεμψε δεῦρο, διοπετὲσ λαβεῖν ἄγαλμ’ Ἀθηνῶν τ’ ἐγκαθιδρῦσαι χθονί. (Euripides, Iphigenia in Tauris, episode, iambic 3:6)

Synonyms

  1. a Laconian

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