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noun

Lāŏcŏon

gen. Lāŏcoontis · gender masculine · decl. 3rd
(), , , = 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 •
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.
Perseus ID: n25820 Key: Laocoon