Lăcō^

I. a Laconian, Lacedæmonian, Spartan: flumen et regnata petam Laconi rura Phalanto, Hor. C. 2, 6, 11: Laconis illud dictum, Cic. Tusc. 5, 14, 40; cf.: Laconis illa vox, id. ib. 1, 46, 111: a quo cum Laco pecuniam numeratum accepisset, Nep. Tim. 1, 12.—Also of the Spartan dogs, which (like the Newfoundland dogs with us) were famed for their strength and vigilance: Molossus, aut fulvus Lacon, Amica vis pastoribus, Hor. Epod. 6, 5; Ov. M. 3, 219; Sil. 3, 2, 95.—Plur.: Lăcōnes, um, m., the Laconians, Lacedæmonians, Spartans: consiliis nostris laus est attonsa Laconum, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 5, 17, 49; Prop. 3, 14 (4, 13), 33.—Also of Castor and Pollux, the sons of the Spartan, Leda: Ledaei Lacones, Mart. 1, 37, 2; 9, 4, 11: sidus Laconum, id. Spect. 26: quod ei notus amor provexit in castra Laconas, Claud. Idyll. 7, 37.—Comically, of parasites, for their endurance of humiliations: nil morantur jam Lacones imi supselli viros, plagipatidas, Plaut. Capt. 3, 1, 11.—

II. Hence,

A. Lăcōnĭa, ae, f., a country of the Peloponnesus, of which Sparta, or Lacedæmon, was the capital city, Plin. 6, 34, 39, § 214 (al. Laconicam); 17, 18, 30, § 133; called also Lăcōnĭca, ae, f., = Λακωνικη, Vell. 1, 3, 1; Plin. 25, 8, 53, § 94 al.; and Lăcōnĭ-cē, ēs, f., Nep. Tim. 2, 1; Mel. 2, 3, 4.—

B. Lăcōnĭcus, a, um, adj., = Λακωνικός, of or belonging to Laconia, Laconian, Lacedæmonian: sinus, Mel. 2, 3, 8: classis, id. 2, 2, 7: clavem mi harunc aedium Laconicam jam jube efferri intus; hasce ego aedis occludam hanc foris, a key made with peculiar skill, one which fastened a lock trom without (whereas others closed it only from within), Plaut. Most. 2, 1, 57; cf. Guhl and Koner, Life of Greeks and Romans, p. 465: purpurae, Hor. C. 2, 18, 7: canes, Plin. 10, 63, 83, § 177: brevitas, Symm. Ep. 1, 8.—Subst.: Lăcōnĭcum, i, n. (sc. balnium), a sweating-room, a sweating-bath, first used by the Lacedæmonians, Vitr. 5, 10 fin.; Cic. Att. 4, 10, 2; Cels. 2, 17; Col. 1 praef. § 16.—

C. Lă-cōnis, ĭdis, f. adj., = Λακωνίς, Laconian, Lacedæmonian: matre Laconide nati, Ov. M. 3, 223.—Absol. for Laconia, Mel. 2, 3, 4.