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laconophile

laconophile is the alternative form of Laconophile.

Adjective capitalized: Laconophile

Laconophile (not comparable)

  1. exhibiting Laconophilia, love for or obsession with the Spartans
    • I would certainly not want to claim that Thucydides meant the readers of Pericles’ Funeral Oration to recall some particular Laconophile tract, nor, a fortiori, that Demosthenes had a copy of Plato’s dialogues in hand when he composed his speech against Meidias.2007, Josiah Ober, Athenian legacies: Essays on the Politics of Going on Together, Princeton University Press, →ISBN, page 152

Noun capitalized: Laconophile

Laconophile (plural Laconophiles)

  1. one who loves or is obsessed with the Spartans
    • There is no evidence that he fought with Sparta against Athens, but as he was a notorious Laconophile, he was a suitable choice to lead the oligarchs1982, Peter Krentz, The Thirty at Athens, Cornell University Press, →ISBN, page 46

Forms of laconophile

plurallaconophiles
pluralLaconophiles
alternative formlaconophile

Origin of laconophile

From lacono- + -phile.

From Lacono- + -phile.

Questions about laconophile

What does laconophile mean?
Laconophile means exhibiting Laconophilia, love for or obsession with the Spartans.
What is laconophile the alternative form of?
Laconophile is the alternative form of Laconophile.
What part of speech is laconophile?
Laconophile can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near laconophile in the dictionary

  1. laconizes
  2. laconizing
  3. Lacono-
  4. laconomania
  5. laconomaniac
  6. laconophile
  7. Laconophilia
  8. Laconophilic
  9. Lacorte
  10. Lacortes
  11. lacosamide

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