Laocoon
From LSJ
τὸ γὰρ εὖ πράττειν παρὰ τὴν ἀξίαν ἀφορμὴ τοῦ κακῶς φρονεῖν τοῖς ἀνοήτοις γίγνεται → undeserved success engenders folly in unbalanced minds
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Lāŏcŏon: (Laucŏon), ontis, m., = Λαοκόων,
I 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.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
Lāŏcŏōn,¹³ ontis, m. (Λαοκόων), troyen, prêtre d’Apollon : Virg. En. 2, 41 ; Hyg. Fab. 135. forme Laucoon Petr. 89, 1, 43.
