Meanings
comparative more Lacedaemonian · superlative most Lacedaemonian · alternative Lacedæmonian
- Of or pertaining to Lacedaemon (Laconia) in Greece.
plural Lacedaemonians · alternative Lacedæmonian
- An inhabitant of Lacedaemon (Laconia) in Greece.
For Kallikrates died out of the battle, he came to the army the most beautiful man of the Greeks of that day - not only of the Lacedæmonians themselves, but of the other Greeks also.
1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC1 more example
[…] yet if in temperance, thriftines, & noble mind (exceeding all their vanities) he could come to reſtore the Lacedæmonians againe vnto equalitie: that then in deede he ſhould be counted a noble king.
1579, Plutarke of Chæronea [i.e., Plutarch], “Agis and Cleomenes”, in Thomas North, transl., The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romaines, […], London: […] Richard Field, →OCLC, page 851
Origin
From Latin Lacedaemoni(us) + -an or Lacedaemon + -ian.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek Λακεδαιμόνιος
- Λακεδαιμόνιος (Lakedaimónios)inhabitant of Lacedaemon
French lacédémonien, Lacédémonien
- lacédémonienof, from or pertaining to Lacedaemon
- Lacédémonieninhabitant of Lacedaemon
- Lacédémonienneinhabitant of Lacedaemon
Italian lacedemone, lacedemonio
- lacedemoneof, from or pertaining to Lacedaemon
- lacedemonioof, from or pertaining to Lacedaemon
- lacedemoneinhabitant of Lacedaemon
- lacedemonioinhabitant of Lacedaemon
- lacedemoniainhabitant of Lacedaemon
Japanese ラケダイモン人
- ラケダイモン人 (rakedaimon-jin)inhabitant of Lacedaemon
Polish Lacedemończyk, Lacedemonka
- Lacedemończykinhabitant of Lacedaemon
- Lacedemonkainhabitant of Lacedaemon
Portuguese lacedemónio, lacedemônio
- lacedemónioof, from or pertaining to Lacedaemon
- lacedemônioof, from or pertaining to Lacedaemon
- lacedemónioinhabitant of Lacedaemon
- lacedemônioinhabitant of Lacedaemon
Russian спарта́нский, лако́нский
- спарта́нский (spartánskij)of, from or pertaining to Lacedaemon
- лако́нский (lakónskij)of, from or pertaining to Lacedaemon
- лакедемо́нский (lakedemónskij)of, from or pertaining to Lacedaemon
- лакедемо́нянин (lakedemónjanin)inhabitant of Lacedaemon
- спарта́нец (spartánec)inhabitant of Lacedaemon
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with Lacedaemonian
Cite this entry
Lacedaemonian. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lacedaemonian
“Lacedaemonian.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lacedaemonian. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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