Alcibiades
Ἀδώνι' ἄγομεν καὶ τὸν Ἄδωνιν κλᾴομεν → We conduct the rites of Adonis, we weep for Adonis (Pherecrates, fr. 170)
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
Ἀλκιβιάδης, -ου, ὁ.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Alcĭbĭădes: is, m. (
I gen. Alcibiadi, Arn. adv. Gent. 6, p. 198; voc. Gr. Alcibiadē, Liv. 39, 36), = Ἀλκιβιάδης.
I An Athenian general in the time of the Peloponnesian war, distinguished for his beauty, wealth, and natural endowments, as well as for his changing fortunes and want of fixed principle, Cic. de Or. 2, 22; id. Tusc. 3, 22 (his life, v. in Plut., Nep., and Just.).—Hence, * Alcĭbĭădēus, a, um, adj., pertaining to him, Arn. 6, p. 198.—
II The name of a later Greek in the time of the war with the Romans, Liv. 39, 36.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
Alcĭbĭădēs,¹² is, m.
1 Alcibiade [général athénien] : Cic. de Or. 2, 93 ; Div. 2, 143 ; Nep. Alc. 1, 1, etc. || -bĭădīus, a, um, d’Alcibiade : Arn. 6, 13
2 Lacédémonien qui prit part à la guerre contre Rome : Liv. 39, 35, etc.