# λακωνίζω
## Ancient Greek
### Etymology

From Λᾰ́κων (Lắkōn) +‎ -ίζω (-ízō).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /la.kɔː.níz.dɔː/ → /la.koˈni.zo/ → /la.koˈni.zo/
* (5th BCE Attic) IPA: /la.kɔː.níz.dɔː/
* (1st CE Egyptian) IPA: /la.koˈni.zo/
* (4th CE Koine) IPA: /la.koˈni.zo/
* (10th CE Byzantine) IPA: /la.koˈni.zo/
* (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA: /la.koˈni.zo/

### Verb

λακωνίζω • (lakōnízō)
* to laconize; to imitate the Spartans, the Laconians, Lacedaemonians
** 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Protagoras 342b:νῦν δὲ ἀποκρυψάμενοι ἐκεῖνο ἐξηπατήκασιν τοὺς ἐν ταῖς πόλεσι λακωνίζοντας, καὶ οἱ μὲν ὦτά τε κατάγνυνται μιμούμενοιnûn dè apokrupsámenoi ekeîno exēpatḗkasin toùs en taîs pólesi lakōnízontas, kaì hoi mèn ôtá te katágnuntai mimoúmenoi
** 46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Alcibiades 23.3:Εὐδοκιμῶν δὲ δημοσίᾳ καὶ θαυμαζόμενος οὐχ ἧττον ἰδίᾳ τοὺς πολλοὺς κατεδημαγώγει καὶ κατεγοήτευε τῇ διαίτῃ λακωνίζωνEudokimôn dè dēmosíāi kaì thaumazómenos oukh hêtton idíāi toùs polloùs katedēmagṓgei kaì kategoḗteue têi diaítēi lakōnízōn
** (by extension) to speak laconically, in a concise or terse manner; to speak with brevity
*** 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Protagoras 342:τὸ λακωνίζειν πολὺ μᾶλλόν ἐστιν φιλοσοφεῖν ἢ φιλογυμναστεῖνtò lakōnízein polù mâllón estin philosopheîn ḕ philogumnasteîn
** (by extension) to act in the interests of the Spartans, Laconians; to favor the Spartans
*** 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Hellenica 4.4.2:γνόντες δ᾿ οἱ Ἀργεῖοι καὶ Ἀθηναῖοι καὶ Βοιωτοὶ καὶ Κορινθίων οἵ τε τῶν παρὰ βασιλέως χρημάτων μετεσχηκότες καὶ οἱ τοῦ πολέμου αἰτιώτατοι γεγενημένοι ὡς εἰ μὴ ἐκποδὼν ποιήσοιντο τοὺς ἐπὶ τὴν εἰρήνην τετραμμένους, κινδυνεύσει πάλιν ἡ πόλις λακωνίσαι, οὕτω δὴ σφαγὰς ἐπεχείρουν ποιεῖσθαι.gnóntes d’ hoi Argeîoi kaì Athēnaîoi kaì Boiōtoì kaì Korinthíōn hoí te tôn parà basiléōs khrēmátōn meteskhēkótes kaì hoi toû polémou aitiṓtatoi gegenēménoi hōs ei mḕ ekpodṑn poiḗsointo toùs epì tḕn eirḗnēn tetramménous, kinduneúsei pálin hē pólis lakōnísai, hoútō dḕ sphagàs epekheíroun poieîsthai.
* to be a pederast
    Synonym: παιδεραστέω (paiderastéō)

#### Related terms

* Λᾰ́καινᾰ f (Lắkaină)
* Λᾰκωνῐκή f (Lăkōnĭkḗ)
* Λᾰκωνῐκός (Lăkōnĭkós)
* Λᾰκώνῐον (Lăkṓnĭon)
* Λᾰκωνῐ́ς f (Lăkōnĭ́s)
* Λᾰκωνῐσμός m (Lăkōnĭsmós)
* Λᾰκωνῐστής (Lăkōnĭstḗs)
* λᾰκωνομᾰνέω (lăkōnomănéō)
* Λᾰκωνόσημος (Lăkōnósēmos)

#### Descendants

* Hellenic
** Greek: λακωνίζω (lakonízo)
* Germanic
** West Germanic
*** German: lakonisieren
*** Anglic
**** English: laconize
**** English: laconise
* Gallo-Romance
** French: laconiser
** Catalan: laconisar
* Italo-Dalmatian
** Italian: laconizzare
** Italian: laconeggiare
* Sardinian
** Sardinian: laconizzai
* Ibero-Romance
** Spanish: laconizar
** Portuguese: laconizar
* Slavic
** Russian: лаконизировать (lakonizirovatʹ)

### References

* “Λακωνίζω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “Λακωνίζω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
* λακωνίζω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
* Pape, Wilhelm, Benseler, Gustav Eduard (1884) Wörterbuch der griechischen Eigennamen (in German), 3rd edition, Braunschweig: Friedrich Vieweg und Sohn
* λακωνίζω, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011

## Greek
### Etymology

From Ancient Greek λακωνίζω (lakōnízō). By surface analysis, Λᾰ́κων (Lắkōn) +‎ -ίζω (-ízo).

### Verb

λακωνίζω • (lakonízo)
* (intransitive) to laconize; speak laconically, in a terse or brief manner; to speak with brevity
    Antonyms: απεραντολογώ (aperantologó), πλατειάζω (plateiázo), μακρηγορώ (makrigoró)

#### Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

### References

* George Constantopoulos Divry (1964) Divry's Modern English-Greek and Greek-English Desk Dictionary‎ (in Greek), D.C. Divry, page 571
* λακωνίζω, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language