Alcibiades
τὸ βέλτερον κακοῦ καὶ τὸ δίμοιρον αἰνῶ, καὶ δίκᾳ δίκας ἕπεσθαι, ξὺν εὐχαῖς ἐμαῖς, λυτηρίοις μηχαναῖς θεοῦ πάρα → I approve the better kind of evil, the two-thirds kind, and that, in accordance with my prayers, through contrivances bringing salvation at the god’s hand
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.
