Leander
αὐτόχειρες οὔτε τῶν ἀγαθῶν οὔτε τῶν κακῶν γίγνονται τῶν συμβαινόντων αὐτοῖς → for not with their own hands do they deal out the blessings and curses that befall us
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Lēander: (Lēandrus, Mart. Spect. 25; voc. Leandre, Ov. H. 19, 1 al.), i, m., = Λείανδρος,
I a young man of Abydos, who, in order to visit Hero in Sestos, swam nightly across the Hellespont, until he was drowned in a storm, Ov. H. 18 and 19; id. Tr. 3, 10, 41; Mart. 14, 181 et saep.—
II Hence,
A Lēandrĭcus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Leander, Leandrian: natatus, Fulg. Myth. 1 init.—
B Lēandrĭus, a, um, adj., of Leander, Leandrian: Leandrius Hellespontus, Sil. 8, 622.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
Lēandĕr¹⁴ (-drus), drī, m. (Λείανδρος), Léandre [amant d’Héro] : Ov. H. 18 ; Tr. 3, 10, 41 ; Mart. 14, 181, 1 || -drĭus Sil. 8, 622 et -drĭcus, a, um, Fulg. Myth. 1, de Léandre.
