LAOCOÖN

Meaning of LAOCOÖN in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ lā-ˈä-kə-ˌwän ]

noun

Etymology: Latin, from Greek Laokoōn

Date: 1582

: a Trojan priest killed with his sons by two sea serpents after warning the Trojans against the wooden horse

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LAOCOÖN — noun Etymology: Latin, from Greek Laokoōn Date: 1582 a Trojan priest killed with his sons by two sea serpents after …
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LAOCOÖN — In Greek legend, a seer and priest of Apollo . He was the son of Agenor of Troy or the …
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LAOCOON — lāˈäkəˌwän noun ( -s ) Usage: often capitalized Etymology: after Laocoon, ancient Greek priest of Apollo (from Greek Laokoōn ) …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LAOCOON — (n.) A marble group in the Vatican at Rome, representing the priest Laocoon, with his sons, infolded in the coils …
Английский словарь Webster
LAOCOON — (n.) A priest of Apollo, during the Trojan war. (See 2.)
Английский словарь Webster
LAOCOON — ( n. ) A priest of Apollo, during the Trojan war. (See 2.)
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
LAOCOON — ( n. ) A marble group in the Vatican at Rome, representing the priest Laocoon, with his sons, infolded in …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
LAOCOÖN — /lay ok"oh on'/ , n. 1. Class. Myth. a priest of Apollo at Troy who warned the Trojans of the …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LAOCOON — n. (Greek Mythology) priest of Apollo during the Trojan war who was killed together with his two sons by two …
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LAOCOON — noun a priest of apollo, during the trojan war. (·see 2.). 2. laocoon ·noun a marble group in the vatican …
Webster English vocab
LAOCOON — [La.oc.o.on] n [L, fr. Gk Laokoon]: a Trojan priest killed with his sons by two sea serpents after warning the …
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LAOCOON — Laocoon, Laocoön BrE AmE leɪ ˈɒk əʊ ɒn -ən AmE \ -ˈɑːk oʊ ɑːn
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LAOCOÖN — In Greek legend, a seer and priest of Apollo . He was the son of Agenor of Troy or the …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
LAOCOON — [Greek heroic] A Trojan priest. He threw a lance at the wooden horse of the Greeks and warned the Trojans …
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LAOCOON — a Trojan priest who suffered with delirium tremens. Together with his sons he posed for his statue while encumbered with …
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LAOCOON — Laocoon
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LAOCOÖN — Лаокоон
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LAOCOON — Laocoon
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LAOCOON — Laocoon
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LAOCOON — n. Pronunciation: l ā - ' ä-k ə - ˌ wän Function: noun Etymology: Latin, from Greek Laoko ō n …
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POLYDORUS — /pol'i dawr"euhs, -dohr"-/ , n. fl. 1st century B.C., Greek sculptor who, with Agesander and Athenodorus, carved the Laocoön group.
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LAOKOÖN — /lay ok"oh on'/ , n. Laocoön. Also, Laokoon .
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