Λακεδαίμων

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Λᾰ́κων (Lắkōn) +‎ δαίμων (daímōn).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /la.ke.dǎi̯.mɔːn/ → /la.ceˈðɛ.mon/ → /la.ceˈðe.mon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /la.ke.dǎi̯.mɔːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /la.keˈdɛ.mon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /la.ceˈðɛ.mon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /la.ceˈðe.mon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /la.ceˈðe.mon/

Proper noun

Λᾰκεδαίμων • (Lăkedaímōn) f (genitive Λᾰκεδαίμονος); third declension

1. Lacedaemon

Declension

Third declension of ἡ Λᾰκεδαίμων; τῆς Λᾰκεδαίμονος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Λᾰκεδαίμων hē Lăkedaímōn
Genitive	τῆς Λᾰκεδαίμονος tês Lăkedaímonos
Dative	τῇ Λᾰκεδαίμονῐ tēî Lăkedaímonĭ
Accusative	τὴν Λᾰκεδαίμονᾰ tḕn Lăkedaímonă
Vocative	Λᾰκεδαῖμον Lăkedaîmon
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Λᾰκεδαιμόνῐος (Lăkedaimónĭos)

Related terms

• Λᾰ́καινᾰ (Lắkaină)
• Λᾰ́κων (Lắkōn)
• Λᾰκωνῐκή (Lăkōnĭkḗ)

Descendants

• Greek: Λακεδαίμων (Lakedaímon), Λακεδαίμονα (Lakedaímona)
• Latin: Lacedaemō̆n

References

• “Λακεδαίμων”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Λακεδαίμων”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “Λακεδαίμων”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891), A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• “Λακεδαίμων”, 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^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,014