"Laocoön" meaning in English

See Laocoön in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /leɪˈɒkɵ.ɒn/, /leɪˈɒkoʊˌɒn/, /leɪˈɒkəˌwɒn/
Etymology: From Latin Lāocoōn, from Ancient Greek Λᾱοκόων (Lāokóōn). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|Lāocoōn}} Latin Lāocoōn, {{uder|en|grc|Λᾱοκόων}} Ancient Greek Λᾱοκόων (Lāokóōn) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Laocoön
  1. (Greek mythology) A Trojan priest of Poseidon (or Apollo, depending on the author), whose rules he had defied (or whom he had otherwise offended), who tried to warn his fellow citizens against the Trojan horse. He was killed for this, along with his two sons, by giant snakes sent by Minerva (or Poseidon, or Apollo). Tags: Greek Categories (topical): Greek mythology
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  2. (Greek mythology) An Argonaut, son of Porthaon. Tags: Greek Categories (topical): Greek mythology Translations (Trojan or Argonaut): Λαοκόων (Laokóōn) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), Լաոկոոն (Laokoon) (Armenian), Лаако́ан (Laakóan) (Belarusian), Лаоко́он (Laokóon) (Bulgarian), Laocoont (Catalan), 拉奥孔 (Lā'àokǒng) (Chinese Mandarin), Láokoón (Czech), Laokoon (Danish), Laocoön [masculine] (Dutch), Laokoonto (Esperanto), Laokoon (Finnish), Laocoon [masculine] (French), Laocoonte [masculine] (Galician), ლაოკოონი (laoḳooni) (Georgian), Laokoon [masculine] (German), Λαοκόων (Laokóon) [masculine] (Greek), לאוקואון (Hebrew), Laokoón (Hungarian), Laokoon (Indonesian), Laocoonte [masculine] (Italian), ラーオコオーン (Rāokoōn) (Japanese), 라오콘 (Raokon) (Korean), Lāocoōn [masculine] (Latin), Laokoontas (Lithuanian), Laokoon (Norwegian Bokmål), Laokoon (Norwegian Nynorsk), لائوکوئون (Persian), Laokoon [masculine] (Polish), Laocoonte [masculine] (Portuguese), Laocoon [masculine] (Romanian), Лаоко́онт (Laokóont) [masculine] (Russian), Лаоконт [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), Laokont [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), Laokoón (Slovak), Laocoonte [masculine] (Spanish), Laokoon (Swedish), เลอาโคอัน (layaakoan) (Thai), Лаоко́он (Laokóon) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-Laocoön-en-name-aQptxzrW Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences Disambiguation of 'Trojan or Argonaut': 38 62
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      "word": "Լաոկոոն"
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      "word": "Лаоко́он"
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      "word": "拉奥孔"
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      "word": "Laokoon"
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "Laocoon"
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      "word": "ლაოკოონი"
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      "code": "he",
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      "sense": "Trojan or Argonaut",
      "word": "לאוקואון"
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      "word": "Laokoón"
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      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "Trojan or Argonaut",
      "word": "Laokoon"
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      "code": "it",
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      "word": "ラーオコオーン"
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      "lang": "Korean",
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      "sense": "Trojan or Argonaut",
      "word": "라오콘"
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      "code": "la",
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      "word": "Laokoontas"
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      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
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    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "sense": "Trojan or Argonaut",
      "word": "لائوکوئون"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Trojan or Argonaut",
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      "word": "Laokoon"
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    {
      "code": "pt",
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      "word": "Лаоко́онт"
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      "code": "sh",
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      "sense": "Trojan or Argonaut",
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      "word": "Лаоконт"
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      "word": "Laokont"
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    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "Trojan or Argonaut",
      "word": "Laokoón"
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    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Trojan or Argonaut",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "Laocoonte"
    },
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "Trojan or Argonaut",
      "word": "Laokoon"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "layaakoan",
      "sense": "Trojan or Argonaut",
      "word": "เลอาโคอัน"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "Laokóon",
      "sense": "Trojan or Argonaut",
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      "word": "Лаоко́он"
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}

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