Epaminondas
σταγόνες ὕδατος πέτρας κοιλαίνουσιν → constant dropping wears away a stone, constant dripping will wear away the hardest stone, little strokes fell big oaks, constant dripping wears the stone, constant dropping wears the stone, constant dripping will wear away a stone
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
Ἐπαμεινώνδας, -ου, ὁ.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Ĕpămīnōndas: ae, m., = Ἐπαμεινώνδας,
I the famous general of the Thebans, victor at Leuctra and Mantinea, Nep. Epam.; Just. 6, 7 sq.; Cic. de Or. 3, 34, 139; id. Tusc 1, 2, 4; 1, 15, 33 al.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
Ĕpămīnōndās,¹¹ æ, m. (Ἐπαμεινώνδας), célèbre général thébain : Cic. de Or. 3, 139.
Latin > German (Georges)
Epamīnōndās, ae, m. (Επαμεινώνδας), Feldherr der Thebaner u. Begründer der Macht Thebens, der im Treffen bei Mantinea i. J. 362 v. Chr. über die Spartaner siegte u. fiel, Nep. Epam. 1 sqq. Cic. de or. 3, 139. Amm. 25, 3, 8.