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Laconophile
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laconophile
English
Etymology
From en Lacono- -phile.
Pronunciation
en ɪ̯l 5
Adjective
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exhibiting Laconophilia, love for or obsession with the Spartans
en Josiah Ober Athenian legacies: Essays on the Politics of Going on Together 152 https://archive.org/details/athenianlegacies0000ober/page/152 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 Princeton University Press https://archive.org/details/athenianlegacies0000ober 978-0-691-13394-2
Noun
one who loves or is obsessed with the Spartans
en Peter Krentz The Thirty at Athens 46 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 oligarchs 1982 Cornell University Press https://archive.org/details/thirtyatathens0000kren 978-0-8014-1450-3
Alternative forms
en laconophile
en Greece Ancient Greece