Laocoon

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

Lāŏcŏon (Laucŏon), ontis, m., = Λαοκόων,

a son of Priam and Hecaba, priest of the Thymbrean Apollo, who was killed, with his two sons, at the altar by two serpents , Verg. A. 2, 41; 201; Hyg. Fab. 135: sicut in Laocoonte, in the statue of Laocoon , Plin. 36, 5, 4, § 37.—Form Laucoön, Petr. 89.

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