Lacedaemonian

[ las-i-di-moh-nee-uhn ]

adjective

1. of or relating to ancient Sparta; Spartan.

noun

1. a native or inhabitant of ancient Sparta; a Spartan.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Lacedaemonian¹

First recorded in 1770–80; Lacedaemon + -ian

Example Sentences

Lycurgus understood the stern and almost savage hardihood and simplicity of the Spartan disposition, and perpetuated it and regulated it by his harsh and unfeeling system, of which, notwithstanding, the Lacedaemonian was proud.

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Plutarch's “Morals” contains this lesson: “A beggar asking an alms of a Lacedaemonian, he said: ‘Well, should I give thee anything, thou wilt be the greater beggar, for he that first gave thee money made thee idle, and is the cause of this base and dishonorable way of living.’”

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In 375 it again joined the Athenian alliance; two years later it was besieged by a Lacedaemonian armament, but in spite of the devastation of its flourishing countryside held out successfully until relief was at hand.

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Cnidus was a city of high antiquity and probably of Lacedaemonian colonization.

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After a brief resistance, however, it again acknowledged the Athenian supremacy, and repelled a Lacedaemonian attack.

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