Alcmaeo
From LSJ
Ἰὸς πέφυκεν ἀσπίδος κακὴ γυνή → Ipsum venenum aspidis mulier mala → Das reinste Natterngift ist eine schlechte Frau
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Alcmaeo: Alcmaeon, ŏnis, and Alcmaeus, i, m. (Alcmaeo, Cic. Ac. 2, 28:
I Alcmaeus, Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 30), = Ἀλκμαίων, a son of Amphiaraus and Eriphyle; in obedience to the command of his father he killed his mother, and on this account was pursued by the Furies, Hyg. Fab. 71; 73 and 245; Cic. Tusc. 3, 5, 11.—Hence, * Alcmaeŏnĭus, a, um, adj., pertaining to Alcmœon: furiae, Prop. 4, 4, 41.
Alcmaeo: ŏnis, m.,
I a Pythagorean philosopher of Croton, Cic. N. D. 1, 27.