Ctesias
ἑτέρως ἠδύνατο βέλτιον ἢ ὡς νῦν ἔχει κατεσκευάσθαι → otherwise they could have been constructed better than they are now (Galen, On the use of parts of the body 4.143.1 Kühn)
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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Ctēsĭās: ae, m., = Κτησίας,
I a famous physician of Cnidus in Caria, author of a history of the East, Plin. 2, 106, 110, § 238; Aug. Civ. Dei, 18, 2.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
Ctēsĭās, æ, m., (Κτησίας), historien grec : Plin. 2, 238.
Latin > German (Georges)
Ctēsiās, ae, m. (Κτησίας), aus Knidus in Karien, Zeitgenosse des Xenophon, Leibarzt des pers. Königs Artaxerxes Mnemon (etwa um 416 v. Chr.), Verf. einer Geschichte des Orients in 23 Büchern, Plin. 2, 238. Augustin. de civ. dei 18, 2. Vgl. Boettiger Ctesiae Cnidii vita. Hannov. 1827. Blum Herodot und Ctesias. Heidelb. 1836.