Lacedaemonian
adjective
of or relating to ancient Sparta; Spartan.
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Lacedaemonian
American
[las-i-di-moh-nee-uhn]
/ ˌlæs ɪ dɪˈmoʊ ni ən /
adjective
noun
lacedaemonian
British
/ ˌlæsɪdɪˈməʊnɪən /
adjective
Etymology
Origin of Lacedaemonian
First recorded in 1770–80; Lacedaemon + -ian
Example Sentences
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The Lacedaemonian alliance being put an end to by this means, Alkibiades, who was now elected one of the generals of Athens, at once formed an alliance with Argos, Elis and Mantinea.
From Plutarch's Lives, Volume I by Aubrey Stewart
He imperiled Lacedaemonian stability by opening the way to northern stars and their influences to Shelley, Burke, and Mill, and to all manner of people dangerous to the back-veld views of Lacedaemon.
From Cinderella in the South Twenty-Five South African Tales by Arthur Shearly Cripps
He spoke to them in the harsh Lacedaemonian speech which made Atta sick to hear.
From The Moon Endureth: Tales and Fancies by John Buchan
Atta was hurried forward through the lines of the Greeks to the narrow throat of the pass, where behind a rough rampart of stones lay the Lacedaemonian headquarters.
From The Moon Endureth: Tales and Fancies by John Buchan
And, indeed, they were now grown far better soldiers than ever they had been, being so continually kept in training, by the frequency of the Lacedaemonian expeditions against them.
From Plutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans by Arthur Hugh Clough
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