2. (Sculp.) A marble group in the Vatican at Rome, representing the priest Laoco["o]n, with his sons, infolded in the coils of two serpents, as described by Virgil. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
Laocoön — (Λαοκόων [laok ooːn] , usual English pronunciation [leɪ ɒkəʊɒn] ), the son of Acoetes [ Laocoon, son of Acoetes, brother of Anchises, and priest of Apollo... (Hyginus, Fabula 135.] was a Trojan priest of Poseidon, [According to Virgil: Laocoon,… … Wikipedia
Laocoon — Trojan priest of Apollo, from L. Laocoon, from Gk. Laukoun, from laos people (see LAY (Cf. lay) (adj.)) + koeo I mark, perceive. Laocoön, n. A famous piece of antique sculpture representing a priest of that time and his two sons in the folds of… … Etymology dictionary
Laocoon — LAOCŎON, ontis, Gr. Λαοκόων, οντος, (⇒ Tab. XXXI.) Antenors Sohn. Tzetz. ad Lycophr. v. 346. Doch machet man ihn auch zu des Anchises Bruder und des Acötis Sohne, wiewohl sein Vater alsdenn Kapys seyn müßte. Hygin. Fab. 135. & Muncker. ad ill. Er … Gründliches mythologisches Lexikon
Laocoon [1] — LAOCŎON, ontis, (⇒ Tab. XXVI.) Parthaons Sohn, und Halbbruder des Oeneus, einer der Argonauten. Hygin. Fab. 14. & Apollon. l. I. v. 191. Cf. Burm. Cat. Argon … Gründliches mythologisches Lexikon
Laocoon — héros troyen, fils de Priam et d Hécube, prêtre d Apollon à Troie. Puni par Apollon, il périt étouffé avec ses fils par des serpents. Un groupe sculpté (v. 50 av. J. C., musée du Vatican) évoque cet épisode … Encyclopédie Universelle
LAOCOON — fil. Priami ex Hecuba, Apollinis Thymbraei sacerdos, qui primus omnium equum ligneum, quo Troia prodita est, intra urbem recipiendum dissuasit, hastamqueve in eum tanto impetu contorsit, ut sonantia intus arma audirentur. Quo facto deorum… … Hofmann J. Lexicon universale
Laocoön — [lā äk′ō än΄] n. [L < Gr Laokoōn] Gr. Myth. a priest of Troy who, with his two sons, is destroyed by two huge sea serpents after he warns the Trojans against the wooden horse … English World dictionary
Laocoon — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Laocoon (homonymie). Groupe du Laocoon, œuvre des Rhodiens Agésandre, Athénod … Wikipédia en Français
Laocoön — /lay ok oh on /, n. 1. Class. Myth. a priest of Apollo at Troy who warned the Trojans of the Trojan Horse, and who, with his two sons, was killed by two huge serpents sent by Athena or Apollo. 2. (italics) a late 2nd century B.C. representation… … Universalium
Laocoon — noun (Greek mythology) the priest of Apollo who warned the Trojans to beware of Greeks bearing gifts when they wanted to accept the Trojan Horse; a god who favored the Greeks (Poseidon or Athena) sent snakes who coiled around Laocoon and his two… … Useful english dictionary
