English Explanatory Dictionary

Laocoön

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. 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).
  2. An Argonaut, son of Porthaon.

Pronunciation

/leɪˈɒkɵ.ɒn/ /leɪˈɒkoʊˌɒn/ /leɪˈɒkəˌwɒn/

Word forms

Laocoön Laocoon Laokoon

Etymology

From Latin Lāocoōn, from Ancient Greek Λᾱοκόων (Lāokóōn).

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