Definitions

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  • proper noun another name of Sparta

Etymologies

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From Ancient Greek Λακεδαίμων (Lakedaimōn).

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Examples

  • 591 C. [11] See Pater, "Plato and Platonism," "Lacedaemon," p. 196 foll.

    The Economist 431 BC-350? BC Xenophon 1874

  • Then the goddess [Aphrodite] spoke to her [Helen] in the likeness of an old woman, a wool-comber who used to card wool for her when she lived in Lacedaemon… “Come here!”

    In the Valley of the Shadow James L. Kugel 2011

  • Then the goddess [Aphrodite] spoke to her [Helen] in the likeness of an old woman, a wool-comber who used to card wool for her when she lived in Lacedaemon… “Come here!”

    In the Valley of the Shadow James L. Kugel 2011

  • Then the goddess [Aphrodite] spoke to her [Helen] in the likeness of an old woman, a wool-comber who used to card wool for her when she lived in Lacedaemon… “Come here!”

    In the Valley of the Shadow James L. Kugel 2011

  • Then the goddess [Aphrodite] spoke to her [Helen] in the likeness of an old woman, a wool-comber who used to card wool for her when she lived in Lacedaemon… “Come here!”

    In the Valley of the Shadow James L. Kugel 2011

  • Is there any land of the same name as Lacedaemon or Troy?

    Helen 2008

  • Trojan dames made subject to Achaea's spear, on the day that there came to their plains one who sped with foreign oar across the dashing billows, bringing to Priam's race from Lacedaemon thee his hapless bride,

    Helen 2008

  • Trojan dames made subject to Achaea's spear, on the day that there came to their plains one who sped with foreign oar across the dashing billows, bringing to Priam's race from Lacedaemon thee his hapless bride,

    Helen 2008

  • Anon there came to Lacedaemon from Phrygia's folk the man who, legend says, adjudged the goddesses 'dispute; in robes of gorgeous hue, ablaze with gold, in true barbaric pomp; and he, finding Menelaus gone from home, carried Helen off with him to his steading on Ida, a willing paramour.

    Iphigenia at Aulis 2008

  • Anon there came to Lacedaemon from Phrygia's folk the man who, legend says, adjudged the goddesses 'dispute; in robes of gorgeous hue, ablaze with gold, in true barbaric pomp; and he, finding Menelaus gone from home, carried Helen off with him to his steading on Ida, a willing paramour.

    Iphigenia at Aulis 2008

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