Lacedaemonian
/læsədɪˈməʊnɪ.ən/adjective, noun
Lacedaemonian is an adjective meaning “Of or pertaining to Lacedaemon (Laconia) in Greece” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled L-A-C-E-D-A-E-M-O-N-I-A-N, and it appears about once in every 76 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does Lacedaemonian mean?
adjective
- 1
Of or pertaining to Lacedaemon (Laconia) in Greece.
- 2
spartan
noun
- 1
An inhabitant of Lacedaemon (Laconia) in Greece.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce Lacedaemonian?
- UK /læsədɪˈməʊnɪ.ən/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of Lacedaemonian
- more Lacedaemonian comparative
- most Lacedaemonian superlative
- Lacedæmonian
- Lacedaemonians plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is Lacedaemonian?
Lacedaemonian appears about once in every 76 million words in written English, the 275,970th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Lacedaemonian in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | lacédémonien , Lacédémonien, Lacédémonienne |
| Portuguese | lacedemónio, lacedemônio |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does Lacedaemonian come from?
From Latin Lacedaemoni(us) + -an or Lacedaemon + -ian.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).