See also: laches

English

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Proper noun

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Laches

  1. A surname.

Anagrams

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Latin

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek Λάχης (Lákhēs).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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Lachēs m sg (genitive Lachētis); third declension

  1. An Athenian statesman and general

Declension

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Third-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Lachēs
Genitive Lachētis
Dative Lachētī
Accusative Lachētem
Ablative Lachēte
Vocative Lachēs

References

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  • Laches”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Laches in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.