Laertes
λέγεις, ἃ δὲ λέγεις ἕνεκα τοῦ λαβεῖν λέγεις → you speak, but you say what you say for the sake of gain (Menander, fr. 776)
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
Λαέρτης, -ου, ὁ, also in V. Λαέρτιος, ὁ (Sophocles, Phil. 87; Aj. 101; Euripides, Rhes. 669), Λάρτιος, ὁ (Sophocles, Aj. 1; Euripides, Tro. 421; Ar., Pl. 312).
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Lāërtes: ae (nom. Laërta, Sen. Troad. 699;
I gen. Laërtis, acc. to Prisc. p. 705 P.), m., = Λαέρτης, the father of Ulysses, Att. ap. Non. 314, 20 (Trag. Rel. v. 131 Rib.); Cic. de Sen. 15, 54; Ov. H. 1, 113.—
II Hence,
A Lāërtĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Laertes, Laertian: regna, i. e. Ithaca, Verg. A. 3, 272: heros, i. e. Ulysses, Ov. M. 13, 124; id. Tr. 5, 5, 3: proles, Verg. Cul. 326.—
B Lāërtĭădes, ae, m., = Λαερτιάδης, a male descendant of Laertes: his son Ulysses, Att. ap. App. de Deo Socr. c. 24 (Trag. Rel. v. 524 Rib.); Hor. C. 1, 15, 21; id. S. 2, 5, 59; Ov. M. 13, 48.
