Laconia
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Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek Λακωνία (Lakōnía).
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Laconia
- A region in the southern Peloponnese, Greece, which has had Sparta as its capital for over 3,000 years.
- A city, the county seat of Belknap County, New Hampshire; named for the Laconia Car Company, a railroad car manufacturer.
- A town in Indiana.
- An unincorporated community in Tennessee.
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Translations edit
region in the southern Peloponnese
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Italian edit
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Proper noun edit
Laconia f
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Latin edit
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Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Λακωνία (Lakōnía). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?) From the Ancient Greek expression "Λακωνική (Lakōnikḗ), sc. γῆ f (gê)" (the land of the Lacons), from Λάκων (Lákōn, “Laconian”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /laˈkoː.ni.a/, [ɫ̪äˈkoːniä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /laˈko.ni.a/, [läˈkɔːniä]
Proper noun edit
Lacōnia f sg (genitive Lacōniae); first declension
Declension edit
First-declension noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
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Nominative | Lacōnia |
Genitive | Lacōniae |
Dative | Lacōniae |
Accusative | Lacōniam |
Ablative | Lacōniā |
Vocative | Lacōnia |
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References edit
- “Laco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Laconia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- “Laconia”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
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Laconia f