Epaminondas
From LSJ
κακῆς ἀπ' ἀρχῆς γίγνεται [[τέλος]] κακόν → from a bad [[beginning]] comes a bad end (Euripides' Aeolus fr. 32)
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.
