Λακεδαίμων

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Λάκων (Lákōn) and δαίμων (daímōn) (or δᾶμος (dâmos), a Doric form of δῆμος (dêmos)).

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 • (Lakedaímōn) f (genitive Λᾰκεδαίμονος); third declension

1. Lacedaemon

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ Λᾰκεδαίμων; τῆς Λᾰκεδαίμονος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Λᾰκεδαίμων hē Lakedaímōn
Genitive	τῆς Λᾰκεδαίμονος tês Lakedaímonos
Dative	τῇ Λᾰκεδαίμονῐ têi Lakedaímoni
Accusative	τὴν Λᾰκεδαίμονᾰ tḕn Lakedaímona
Vocative	Λᾰκεδαῖμον Lakedaîmon
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Λᾰκεδαιμόνῐος (Lakedaimónios)

Related terms

• Λᾰ́καινᾰ (Lákaina)
• Λᾰ́κων (Lákōn)
• Λᾰκωνῐ́ᾱ (Lakōníā)
• Λᾰκωνῐκή (Lakōnikḗ)

Descendants

• Greek: Λακεδαίμων (Lakedaímon); Λακεδαίμονα (Lakedaímona)
• Latin: Lacedaemōn

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