Laches

See also: laches

English

Etymology

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Proper noun

Laches

1. A surname.

Anagrams

• Cashel, cashel, chelas, sachel

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Λάχης (Lákhēs).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈɫa.kʰeːs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈlaː.kes]

Noun

Lachēs m sg (genitive Lachētis); third declension

1. An Athenian statesman and general

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Lachēs
genitive	Lachētis
dative	Lachētī
accusative	Lachētem
ablative	Lachēte
vocative	Lachēs

References

• “Laches”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Laches”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.