Laconian
noun
a person from or inhabitant of Laconia.
laconian
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/ 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
The Heraclean tables from a Laconian colony in S. Italy have curious forms in -ασσι for the dat. pl. of the participle πρασσόντασσι = Attic πράττουσι.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" by Various
Eutelidas the Laconian victorious in the boys' pentathlon.
From The History and Antiquities of the Doric Race, Vol. 2 of 2 by Müller, Karl Otfried
That the expression for it was also Laconian follows from Hesychius in προυλέσι, according to Salmasius.1216.Among the Gortynians, according to Schol.
From The History and Antiquities of the Doric Race, Vol. 2 of 2 by Müller, Karl Otfried
Hail to you, first of all, Laconians; then tell us how you fare.
From The Eleven Comedies, Volume 1 by Aristophanes
Your Laconians have just proved him; are you satisfied?”
From A Victor of Salamis by Davis, William Stearns
Ah! my dear sir, the Laconians at all events pull with vigour.
From The Eleven Comedies, Volume 1 by Aristophanes
This does not yet concern us over much; 'tis only so much the worse for the Laconians.
From The Eleven Comedies, Volume 1 by Aristophanes
Judged by the highest standards, Lycurgus certainly did not form the Laconians into an ideal nationality.
From Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 3 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History by Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis)
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