Old English · proper noun
Læcedemonia
- Part of speech
- proper noun
- IPA
- /ˈlæ.ke.de.mo.ni.ɑ/
- Syllables
- ˈlæ · ke · de · mo · ni · ɑ (6 syllables)
- Modern English
- lacedaemonsparta
Meaning
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Lacedaemon, Sparta
Leoniða, Læcedemonia cyning, Crēca byrġ, hæfde IIII þūsend monna, þā hē anġēan Xersis fōr, on ānum nearwan londfæstenne; ⁊ him þǣr mid ġefeohte wiðstōd.
Leonidas, king of Sparta, a Greek city, had four thousand men, when he marched against Xerxes, in a narrow fortified pass; and stood against him in battle.
late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans
Etymology
From Latin Lacedaemon, from Ancient Greek Λακεδαίμων (Lakedaímōn).
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