Epaminondas
From LSJ
ὃν οὐ τύπτει λόγος οὐδὲ ῥάβδος → if words don't get through, neither a beating will | if the carrot doesn't work, the stick will not work either | whom words do not strike, neither does the rod
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.
