Λαομέδων
ἀναγκαίως δ' ἔχει βίον θερίζειν ὥστε κάρπιμον στάχυν, καὶ τὸν μὲν εἶναι, τὸν δὲ μή → But it is our inevitable lot to harvest life like a fruitful crop, for one of us to live, one not. (Euripides, Hypsipyle fr. 60.94ff.)
English (LSJ)
οντος, ὁ, ruler of the people, in Hom. as pr. n.
French (Bailly abrégé)
οντος (ὁ) :
Laomédon, roi de Troie.
Étymologie: λαός, μέδομαι.
English (Slater)
Λᾱομέδων father of Priam, king of Troy; he refused to pay the promised reward to Herakles, whereupon Herakles, Telamon, Iolaos (and Peleus fr. 172) destroyed Troy and killed him. Λαομέδοντα δ' εὐρυσθενὴς Τελαμὼν Ἰόλᾳ παραστάτας ἐὼν ἔπερσεν (N. 3.36) ὅτε Λαομέδοντι πεπρωμένοἰ ἤρχετο μόροιο κάρυξ (sc. Ἡρακλέης) fr. 140a. 66 (40), cf. v. 56 (30).
Russian (Dvoretsky)
Λᾱομέδων: οντος ὁ Лаомедонт (сын Ила и Эвридики, отец Приама) Hom.
German (Pape)
[ᾱ], οντος, ὁ, Volksbeherrscher, N. pr.
