Conon
From LSJ
Μί' ἐστὶν ἀρετὴ τἄτοπον φεύγειν ἀεί → Numquam non fugere inepta , et hoc virtutis est → Die einzge Tugend: meiden, was abwegig ist
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
Κόνων, -ωνος, ὁ.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Cŏnōn: ōnis (Gr. acc. Conona, Just. 6, 1), m., = Κόνων.
I A renowned general of the Athenians, whose life was written by Nepos; cf. Cic. Off. 1, 32, 116; id. de Or. 3, 34, 139; Just. 5, 5 sq.; 6, 1 sqq.—
II A celebrated mathematician and astronomer of Samos in the time of Ptolemy Philadelphus, Cat. 66, 7; Verg. E. 3, 40; Sen. Q. N. 7, 3, 2; Serv. ad Verg. A. 7, 738.
