Lacedaemo'nians. In Greece, the inhabitants of Lacedaemon or Sparta, with whom the Jews claimed kindred. 2 Maccabees 12:2; 1 Maccabees 12:5-6; 1 Maccabees 12:20-21; 1 Maccabees 14:20; 1 Maccabees 14:23; 1 Maccabees 15:23; 2 Maccabees 5:9.