Laocoönn.

/leɪˈɒkəʊɒn/

Forms: Also Lacoon, Laocoon, Laokoon.

Etymology: < Greek Λαοκόων.

The name of a legendary Trojan priest who, with his two sons, was crushed to death by two sea-serpents (Virgil Aeneid ii. 40–56, 199–231), used allusively, esp. with reference to statues representing him and his sons in their death-struggle. Frequently attributive.

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the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > mythical creature or object > [noun] > characters from classical mythology > miscellaneous

minotaureOE

Tantalusc1369

Aegipan1538

Pandora1581

Briareus1589

Laocoön1601

hippalektryon1822

the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > mythical creature or object > [adjective] > of characters from classical mythology

Briarean1579

Pegasean1590

Tantalean?1605

Pegasarian1607

centoculated1628

Oedipean1629

Typhoean1667

Oedipodean1827

Laocoön1910

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. xxxvi. v. 569 This may bee seene in the image of Laocoon..a peece of worke to be preferred..before all pictures or cast images.

c1660 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1644 (1955) II. 107 Above all that fountaine of the Laocoon..is a most glorious & surprizing object.

1699 M. Lister Journey to Paris (new ed.) 143 The Atteliers or Work-houses of Two of the famous Sculptures Tuby; in which was a Lacoon Copied in White Marble.

1811 B. R. Haydon Jrnl. 12 Jan. in Autobiogr. (1853) I. ix. 150 Went to the Academy in the evening, and saw the Laocoon placed out as it was four years ago.

1843 C. Dickens Christmas Carol v. 153 Scrooge..making a perfect Laocoön of himself with his stockings.

1910 H. G. Wells Hist. Mr. Polly i. 11 If Mr. Polly..had been transparent..he might have realized, from the Laocoon struggle he would have glimpsed, that..he was not so much a human being as a civil war.

a1930 D. H. Lawrence Last Poems (1932) 172 Leave the fearful Laocoön of his fellow-man entangled in iron To its fearful fate.

a1930 D. H. Lawrence Last Poems (1932) 282 We have become..fatally entangled in the Laocoön coils of our conceit.

1938 L. MacNeice I crossed Minch ii. viii. 108 The usual Chirico nightmare of marble Fathers of the City and laocoons in plaster.

1967 I. Marder Paris Bit 84 She was draped like a female Laocoön in yards of inky black silk.

1970 Sunday Times 18 Jan. 56/4 The old flexibility and flair may become Laocoön to the computers.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	laocoön
释义	Laocoönn. /leɪˈɒkəʊɒn/ Forms: Also Lacoon, Laocoon, Laokoon. Etymology: < Greek Λαοκόων. The name of a legendary Trojan priest who, with his two sons, was crushed to death by two sea-serpents (Virgil Aeneid ii. 40–56, 199–231), used allusively, esp. with reference to statues representing him and his sons in their death-struggle. Frequently attributive. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > mythical creature or object > [noun] > characters from classical mythology > miscellaneous minotaureOE Tantalusc1369 Aegipan1538 Pandora1581 Briareus1589 Laocoön1601 hippalektryon1822 the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > mythical creature or object > [adjective] > of characters from classical mythology Briarean1579 Pegasean1590 Tantalean?1605 Pegasarian1607 centoculated1628 Oedipean1629 Typhoean1667 Oedipodean1827 Laocoön1910 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. xxxvi. v. 569 This may bee seene in the image of Laocoon..a peece of worke to be preferred..before all pictures or cast images. c1660 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1644 (1955) II. 107 Above all that fountaine of the Laocoon..is a most glorious & surprizing object. 1699 M. Lister Journey to Paris (new ed.) 143 The Atteliers or Work-houses of Two of the famous Sculptures Tuby; in which was a Lacoon Copied in White Marble. 1811 B. R. Haydon Jrnl. 12 Jan. in Autobiogr. (1853) I. ix. 150 Went to the Academy in the evening, and saw the Laocoon placed out as it was four years ago. 1843 C. Dickens Christmas Carol v. 153 Scrooge..making a perfect Laocoön of himself with his stockings. 1910 H. G. Wells Hist. Mr. Polly i. 11 If Mr. Polly..had been transparent..he might have realized, from the Laocoon struggle he would have glimpsed, that..he was not so much a human being as a civil war. a1930 D. H. Lawrence Last Poems (1932) 172 Leave the fearful Laocoön of his fellow-man entangled in iron To its fearful fate. a1930 D. H. Lawrence Last Poems (1932) 282 We have become..fatally entangled in the Laocoön coils of our conceit. 1938 L. MacNeice I crossed Minch ii. viii. 108 The usual Chirico nightmare of marble Fathers of the City and laocoons in plaster. 1967 I. Marder Paris Bit 84 She was draped like a female Laocoön in yards of inky black silk. 1970 Sunday Times 18 Jan. 56/4 The old flexibility and flair may become Laocoön to the computers. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1601
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