Leonidas
From LSJ
Μεγάλοι δὲ λόγοι μεγάλας πληγὰς τῶν ὑπεραύχων ἀποτίσαντες γήρᾳ τὸ φρονεῖν ἐδίδαξαν → The great words of the arrogant pay the penalty by suffering great blows, and teach one to reason in old age
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
Λεωνίδας, -ου, ὁ.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Lĕōnĭdas: (nom. Lĕōnĭda, Just. 2, 11, 2), ae, m., = Λεωνίδας.
I A king of Sparta, who fell at Thermopylæ, Cic. Fin. 2, 30, 97; 2, 19, 62; id. Tusc. 1, 42, 101; 1, 49, 116; Nep. Them. 3.—
II The name of a slave, Plaut. As. 1, 1, 43 al.; v. also Leonides.
