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Λάκων

Third declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: Λάκων Λάκωνος

Structure: Λακων (Stem)

Sense

  1. a Laconian

Declension

Third declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative Λάκων Λάκωνε Λάκωνες
Genitive Λάκωνος Λακώνοιν Λακώνων
Dative Λάκωνι Λακώνοιν Λάκωσιν*
Accusative Λάκωνα Λάκωνε Λάκωνας
Vocative Λάκων Λάκωνε Λάκωνες

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

  • ὦγαθοὶ τοὺσ μὲν Λάκωνασ ἐκποδὼν ἐάσατε, τῶν δ’ ἐμῶν σπονδῶν ἀκούσατ’, εἰ καλῶσ ἐσπεισάμην. (Aristophanes, Acharnians, Parodos, trochees2)
  • οἶδ’ ἐγὼ καὶ τοὺσ Λάκωνασ, οἷσ ἄγαν ἐγκείμεθα, οὐχ ἁπάντων ὄντασ ἡμῖν αἰτίουσ τῶν πραγμάτων. (Aristophanes, Acharnians, Parodos, trochees4)
  • ἀτὰρ φίλοι γὰρ οἱ παρόντεσ ἐν λόγῳ, τί ταῦτα τοὺσ Λάκωνασ αἰτιώμεθα; (Aristophanes, Acharnians, Lyric-Scene, iambics 1:11)
  • τῶν στρατηγῶν ὑποδραμὼν τῶν ἐκ Πύλου, πλεύσασ ἐκεῖσε, τοὺσ Λάκωνασ ἤγαγον. (Aristotle, Lyric-Scene, iambics 1:17)
  • Λάκωνασ δὲ Σέλευκοσ ἐν Γλώσσαισ φησὶ καλεῖν τὰ μαλακὰ κάρυα μυκήρουσ, Τηνίουσ δὲ τὰ γλυκέα κάρυα. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 2, book 2, chapter 39 1:4)

Synonyms

  1. a Laconian

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