Laocoon

== English == === Proper noun === Laocoon Alternative spelling of Laocoön. == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /la.o.ko.ɔ̃/ === Proper noun === Laocoon m (Greek mythology) Laocoön == Latin == === Alternative forms === Laucoōn === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek Λαοκόων (Laokóōn). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɫaːˈɔ.ko.oːn] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [laˈɔː.ko.on] === Proper noun === Lāocoōn m sg (genitive Lāocoontis); third declension (Greek mythology) name of a mythical character; Laocoön who was attacked by giant serpents ==== Usage notes ==== Sometimes spelled Lāocoön, with a diaeresis. ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun (non-Greek-type or Greek-type, variant with nominative singular in -ōn; two different stems), singular only. ==== Descendants ==== === References === “Laocoon”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Laocoon”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 886.