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|lshtext=<b>Sparta</b>: ae (Gr. acc. Sparten, Ov. M. 10, 170), f., = [[Σπάρτη]].<br /><b>I</b> The [[famous]] [[capital]] of [[Laconia]], [[more]] [[usually]] called [[Lacedaemon]], [[near]] the mod. Mistra, Plin. 4, 5, 8, § 16; Plaut. Poen. 3, 3, 50; 3, 3, 53; Cic. Rep. 2, 23, 43; 2, 33, 58; id. tusc. 2, 14, 34; id. Off. 2, 22, 77; Verg. A. 2, 577 al.—Poet. collat. form Spartē, ēs, f., Prop. 3, 14 (4, 13), 1; Ov. M. 6, 414; 10, 170; 10, 217 al.— In Greek form, [[Cicero]], in [[allusion]] to [[Euripides]], has the [[word]] [[twice]] [[proverbially]]: Σπάρταν ἔλαχες, ταύταν κόσμει, i. e. [[Sparta]] is [[your]] [[country]], [[make]] the [[most]] of it, Cic. Att. 4, 6, 2; cf. id. ib. 1, 20, 3.—Hence,<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Spartānus, a, um, adj., Spartan ([[mostly]] [[poet]]. for the [[class]]. Lacedaemonius): [[Hermione]], Prop. 1, 4, 6: [[virgo]], Verg. A. 1, 316: [[gens]], Ov. M. 3, 208: lex, Prop. 3, 14 (4, 13), 21: [[disciplina]], Liv. 38, 17: [[canes]], Luc. 4, 441: [[discus]], Mart. 14, 164: [[saxum]], [[marble]], id. 1, 56, 5; Curt. 10, 10, 14; Petr. 105; Val. Max. 2, 6, 1; 4, 6, ext. 3; Sen. Suas. 2, 16.— Subst.: Spartānus, i, m., a Spartan ([[mostly]] [[poet]]. and [[post]]-Aug.), Plaut. Poen. 3, 5, 25; Val. Max. 3, 2, ext. 3 al.—Plur., Nep. Pelop. 2, 4; Tac. A. 2, 60; 3, 26; Curt. 7, 19, 39; Just. 2, 11; Claud. Cons. Mall. Theod. 153.—*<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Spartĭātĭcus, a, um, adj., Spartan: res, Plaut. Poen. 3, 4, 9. —*<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> Spartĭăcus, a, um, adj., Spartan: Taenaros, App. M. 1, p. 102, 25.—*<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>D</b> Spartĭcus, a, um, adj., Spartan: [[myrtus]], Verg. Cul. 398 Sill. N. cr.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>E</b> Spar-tĭātes, ae, m., a Spartan, Plaut. Poen. 3, 5, 35; Cic. Tusc. 1, 43, 102; 2, 15, 36; 2, 16, 37; 5, 27, 77; id. Div. 1, 34, 76.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf., [[Greece]], Naev. B. Pun. 1, 9.

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