Laconian
noun
a person from or inhabitant of Laconia.
laconian
British
/ ləˈkəʊnɪən /
noun
adjective
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It will pick up with the Laconian Empire working to cement its control over the Solar System, as everyone else contends with the forces that decimated the last galactic empire.
From The Verge ● Jan. 5, 2018
Where Sparta reigned, simplicity and self-discipline are powerfully reflected in the lancet-eyed Laconian warrior whose body and thoughts alike are swathed in a foreboding cloak.
From Time Magazine Archive
Of the old dialects Doric alone appears to have survived in the Tsaconic of the Laconian hills.
From Man, Past and Present by Alfred Court Haddon
In the poet's delineation of Lysistrata, the scene in which she describes to the assembled Athenian and Laconian deputies their political sins gains special importance.
From Greek Women by Mitchell Carroll
Some women are like the Laconian boy, with the fox eating away his life.
From The Funny Philosophers Wags and Sweethearts by George Yellott
Now a school is a choice of a manner of life, or of something held by one or many, as for example the school of Diogenes or the Laconians.
From Sextus Empiricus and Greek Scepticism by Mary Mills Patrick
Ah! no, not that one; one of its toes holds the Laconians in horror.
From The Eleven Comedies, Volume 2 by Aristophanes
Friends, leave the Laconians out of debate and consider only whether I have not done well to conclude my truce.
From The Eleven Comedies, Volume 1 by Aristophanes
Listen to your long speeches, after you have treated with the Laconians!
From The Eleven Comedies, Volume 1 by Aristophanes
Ah! my dear sir, the Laconians at all events pull with vigour.
From The Eleven Comedies, Volume 1 by Aristophanes
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