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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When, however, the Ten had taken over the government they did nothing towards the object for which they were elected, but sent envoys to Lacedaemonian to ask for help and to borrow money.
From The Athenian Constitution by Kenyon, Frederic G. (Frederic George), Sir
He has his joke, too, with Cheirisophus, the Lacedaemonian, about the thieving propensity of his townspeople, and invites him, in virtue of it, to steal a difficult march upon the enemy.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 66, April, 1863 by Various
He is a man much given to apothegms, which serve him for wit, and seldom breaks any jest but which belonged to some Lacedaemonian or Roman in Lycosthenes.
From A Book of English Prose Part II, Arranged for Secondary and High Schools by Lubbock, Percy
And we have heard something similar concerning Pausanias the Lacedaemonian.
From The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, Volume 4 by Cicero, Marcus Tullius
The cause will be a counterpart to the sentence of the Lacedaemonian, who was condemned for breach of the peace, by saying in three words what he might have said in two.
From Letters of Horace Walpole — Volume II by Walpole, Horace
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