Laocoön

Laocoön

English

Etymology

From Latin Lāocoōn, from Ancient Greek Λᾱοκόων (Lāokóōn).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /leɪˈɒkɵ.ɒn/
• IPA^(key): /leɪˈɒkoʊˌɒn/, /leɪˈɒkəˌwɒn/

Proper noun

Laocoön

The celebrated Laocoön (1) group, discovered in 1506, is considered a masterpiece of Antiquity sculpture.

1. (Greek mythology) A Trojan priest of Poseidon (or Apollo, depending on the author), whose rules he had defied (or whom he had otherwise offended), who tried to warn his fellow citizens against the Trojan horse. He was killed for this, along with his two sons, by giant snakes sent by Minerva (or Poseidon, or Apollo).
2. (Greek mythology) An Argonaut, son of Porthaon.

Translations

Trojan or Argonaut

Armenian: Լաոկոոն (hy) (Laokoon) Belarusian: Лаакоан (Laakóan) Bulgarian: Лаокоон (Laokoon) Catalan: Laocoont Chinese: Mandarin: 拉奥孔 (Lā ào kǒng) Czech: Láokoón Danish: Laokoon Dutch: Laocoön Esperanto: Laokoonto Finnish: Laokoon French: Laocoon (fr) m Galician: Laocoonte Georgian: ლაოკოონი (laoḳooni) German: Laokoon Greek: Λαοκόων (el) (Laokóon) Ancient: Λαοκόων m (Laokóōn) Hebrew: לאוקואון‎ Hungarian: Laokoón Indonesian: Laokoon

Italian: Laocoonte Japanese: ラーオコオーン (Rāokōon) Korean: 라오콘 (raokon) Latin: Lāocoōn Lithuanian: Laokoontas Norwegian: Bokmål: Laokoon Nynorsk: Laokoon Persian: لائوکوئون‎ Polish: Laokoon Portuguese: Laocoonte Russian: Лаокоонт (Laokoont) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: Лаоконт Roman: Laokont Slovak: Laokoón Spanish: Laocoonte Swedish: Laokoon Thai: เลอาโคอัน (layaakoan) Ukrainian: Лаокоон (Laokoon)

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Dutch

Proper noun

Laocoön ?

1. (mythology) Laocoön, the Trojan priest.
2. (mythology) Laocoön, the Argonaut.

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Latin

Proper noun

Lāocoō̈n m (genitive Lāocoō̈ntis); third declension

1. Alternative form of Lāocoōn

Declension

Third declension.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Lāocoō̈n
Genitive	Lāocoō̈ntis
Dative	Lāocoō̈ntī
Accusative	Lāocoō̈ntem
Ablative	Lāocoō̈nte
Vocative	Lāocoō̈n