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Lăcĕdaemō^n (nom. Lăcĕdaemo , Cic. Leg. 2, 15, 39; id. Rep. 1, 33, 50), ŏnis, f., = Λακεδαίμων,
I.the city of Lacedæmon or Sparta, near the modern Mistra: “dura,Cic. Leg. 2, 15, 39; id. Rep. 1, 33, 50: “patiens,Hor. C. 1, 7, 10; gen. Lacedaemonis moenia, Liv. 34, 34: “obsidio,id. 34, 33; acc. Lacedaemonem, Plin. 16, 8, 13, § 34; acc. Graec. Laceuaemona, Verg. A. 7, 363; abl. Lacedaemone, Cic. Tusc. 5, 27, 77; locat. Lacedaemoni, Nep. praef. 4.—
II. Hence,
A. Lăcĕdaemŏnes , um, m., the Lacedæmonians: “gemini illi reges Lacedaemones Heraclidae,Mamert. Pan. ad Maxim. 9, 4.—
B. Lăcĕdaemŏnĭus , a, um, adj., Lacedæmonian, Spartan: mulier, i. e. Helen, Enn. ap. Div. 1, 50, 114 (Trag. v. 93 Vahl.): “Tarentum,” i. e. founded by Spartans, Ov. M. 15, 50; Hor. C. 3, 5, 56: “Galesus,that flows near Tarentum, Mart. 2, 43, 3: “marmor,Plin. 36, 7, 11, § 55: “orbis,” i. e. floor of Laconian marble, Juv. 11, 175.—Subst.: Lăcĕdaemŏnĭi , ōrum, m., the Lacedæmonians, Spartans, Cic. Div. 1, 43, 95 sq.; id. Tusc. 1, 42, 101; id. Rep. 3, 9, 15 et saep. —Sing.: “Lacedaimonius quidam,Cic. Tusc. 1, 42, 100; Nep. Lys. 1, 1.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (13):
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 15.50
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 7.363
    • Cornelius Nepos, Lysander, 1.1
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 16.34
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 36.55
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 34, 33
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 34, 34
    • Cicero, De Legibus, 2.15
    • Cicero, De Republica, 1.33
    • Cicero, De Republica, 3.9
    • Cicero, De Divinatione, 1.43
    • Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes, 1.42
    • Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes, 5.27
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