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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Cnidus was a city of high antiquity and probably of Lacedaemonian colonization.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" by Various
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 Buchan, John
For this reason, many foreigners used to obtain Lacedaemonian nurses for their children, and it is said that Amykla, the nurse of Alkibiades, was a Lacedaemonian.
From Plutarch's Lives, Volume I by Stewart, Aubrey
I remember one or two elderly men, in particular, whose faces would help an artist to idealize a Lacedaemonian general, or a baron of the Middle Ages.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 42, April, 1861 by Various
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 Cripps, Arthur Shearly
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