Alcibiades
ὅπλον μέγιστόν ἐστιν ἡ ἀρετή βροτοῖς → man's greatest weapon is virtue, virtue is the greatest weapon for mortals
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
Ἀλκιβιάδης, -ου, ὁ.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Alcĭbĭădes: is, m. (
I gen. Alcibiadi, Arn. adv. Gent. 6, p. 198; voc. Gr. Alcibiadē, Liv. 39, 36), = Ἀλκιβιάδης.
I An Athenian general in the time of the Peloponnesian war, distinguished for his beauty, wealth, and natural endowments, as well as for his changing fortunes and want of fixed principle, Cic. de Or. 2, 22; id. Tusc. 3, 22 (his life, v. in Plut., Nep., and Just.).—Hence, * Alcĭbĭădēus, a, um, adj., pertaining to him, Arn. 6, p. 198.—
II The name of a later Greek in the time of the war with the Romans, Liv. 39, 36.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
Alcĭbĭădēs,¹² is, m.
1 Alcibiade [général athénien] : Cic. de Or. 2, 93 ; Div. 2, 143 ; Nep. Alc. 1, 1, etc. || -bĭădīus, a, um, d’Alcibiade : Arn. 6, 13
2 Lacédémonien qui prit part à la guerre contre Rome : Liv. 39, 35, etc.
Latin > German (Georges)
Alcibiadēs, is, Akk. em u. ēn, Vok. ē, m. (Ἀλκιβιάδης), I) der Athener, Sohn des Kleinias u. der Dinomache (einer Tochter des Alkmäoniden Megakles), Neffe des Perikles, Schüler u. Liebling des Sokrates, geb. 450, gest. 404 v. Chr., Nep. Alc. 1 sqq. Iustin. 4, 4 sq.; 5, 1 sqq. Plin. 34, 88 (wo Akk. -en). Gell. 1, 9, 9 (wo Genet. -ae). – Dav. Alcibiadīus, a, um, des Alcibiades, corpus, Arnob. 6. 13. – II) ein Lazedämonier zur Zeit des Kriegs der Römer mit den Achäern, Liv. 39, 35 sqq. (ibid. c. 36, 14 der griech. Vok. Alcibiadē).
