Laocoon

Laocoön English Proper noun en Laocoön. French fr: Pronunciation Lao-co-on Proper noun m fr Greek mythology Laocoön Latin Alternative forms la Laucoōn Etymology la Lāocoōn :bor grc:Λαοκόων + 1 Pronunciation Lāocoōn Proper noun Lāocoōn/Lāocoont<3> m la Greek mythology name of a mythical character; en Laocoön who was attacked by giant serpents en 1832 w:Letitia Elizabeth Landon Heath's Book of Beauty, 1833 The Talisman 80-81 He forthwith mentioned the wonderful charm in his custody, dwelt upon its merits till he grew quite eloquent, and finally desired the youth to follow him to the inner room, where it hung. It was a small dark chamber, crowded with articles for sale; but, whether from accident or design, the curiosities were all of a wild and ghastly kind. In the middle was a cast of the Laocoon, the wretched father and his children writhing in the folds of the terrible serpents: cruel must have been the eye and heart of the sculptor who thus made agony his triumph. Usage notes Sometimes spelled Lāocoön, with a diaeresis. Declension ((Lāocoōn/Lāocoont<3>,Lāocoōn/<3.Greek>)) Descendants 2 desc ca Laocoont nl Laocoön 1 en Laocoön 1 fr Laocoon gl Laocoonte it Laocoonte pt Laocoonte ro Laocoon es Laocoonte References 886