Talk:Λακωνία

"Ancient Greek"

Are the forms and langs correct?

1. Ancient Greek: Λακωνία
   The old ref doesn't have it and LSJ doesn't seem to have it either.
   old ref: Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,014
2. Alternative forms: Τσακωνιά (Tsakōniá)
   Originally it was the following without lang code:
   Alternative spellings: Τσακωνιά (Tsakonian)
   The old addition in brackets seems to state it's Tsakonian (code tsd) and not Greek (code grc).

-84.161.49.148 09:50, 9 April 2018 (UTC)

Dear 84!! How nice to see you again. Thanks for teaching me 'langcat'.

Yes, you are right: I do not think there is an ancient word Λακωνία but i need to check more... I remember η Λακεδαίμων.

Τσακωνιά is a modern word, not ancient. (Τσακωνία medieval), that much I know. As for codes... I do not know.

Need to do some reading for this Λακωνία. Tomorrow. sarri.greek (talk) 00:32, 11 April 2018 (UTC)

So, thanks to your observations, 84.161.49.148, I spent some time looking up the 2 words. Took notes too.

• Ancient word Λακωνία not found.
• word Τσακωνιά is modern, Τσακωνία is mediaeval. Not ancient alternative.

I presume, all the ancient section of the lemma should be erased? Does anyone have a better Proper noun Dictionary? sarri.greek (talk) 10:53, 11 April 2018 (UTC)