Λαοκόων

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From λᾱός (lāós, “people”) +‎ κοέω (koéō, “to know”) +‎ -ων (-ōn).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /laː.o.kó.ɔːn/ → /la.oˈko.on/ → /la.oˈko.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /laː.o.kó.ɔːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /la.oˈko.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /la.oˈko.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /la.oˈko.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /la.oˈko.on/

Proper noun

Λᾱοκόων • (Lāokóōn) m (genitive Λᾱοκόωντος); third declension

1. (Greek mythology) Laocoön, a Trojan priest
2. (Greek mythology) Laocoön, an Argonaut

Declension

Third declension of ὁ Λᾱοκόων; τοῦ Λᾱοκόωντος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Λᾱοκόων ho Lāokóōn
Genitive	τοῦ Λᾱοκόωντος toû Lāokóōntos
Dative	τῷ Λᾱοκόωντῐ tōî Lāokóōntĭ
Accusative	τὸν Λᾱοκόωντᾰ tòn Lāokóōntă
Vocative	Λᾱοκόων Lāokóōn
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

Descendants

• Greek: Λαοκόων (Laokóon)
• → Armenian: Լաոկոոն (Laokoon)
• → Belarusian: Лаако́ан (Laakóan)
• → Bulgarian: Лаоко́он (Laokóon)
• → Chinese: 拉奥孔 (Lā'àokǒng)
• → Czech: Láokoón
• → Danish: Laokoon
• → Esperanto: Laokoonto
• → Finnish: Laokoon
• → Georgian: ლაოკოონი (laoḳooni)
• → German: Laokoon
• → Hebrew: לאוקואון
• → Hungarian: Laokoón
• → Indonesian: Laokoon
• → Japanese: ラーオコオーン (Rāokōon)
• → Korean: 라오콘 (Raokon)
• → Latin: Lāocoōn (see there for further descendants)
• → Lithuanian: Laokoontas
• → Norwegian: Laokoon
• → Persian: لائوکوئون
• → Polish: Laokoon
• → Russian: Лаоко́онт (Laokóont)
• → Serbo-Croatian: Laokont
• → Slovak: Laokoón
• → Swedish: Laokoon
• → Thai: เลอาโคอัน (layaakoan)
• → Ukrainian: Лаоко́он (Laokóon)

Further reading

• Λαοκόων in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Λαοκόων, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011