Lysimachus
σταγόνες ὕδατος πέτρας κοιλαίνουσιν → constant dropping wears away a stone, constant dripping will wear away the hardest stone, little strokes fell big oaks, constant dripping wears the stone, constant dropping wears the stone, constant dripping will wear away a stone
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
Λυσίμαχος, ὁ.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Lȳsĭmăchus: i, m., = Λυσίμαχος,
I one of the generals of Alexander the Great, afterwards king of Thrace, and founder of Lysimachia, Cic. Tusc. 1, 43, 102; 5, 40, 117; Plin. 8, 16, 61, § 143; Just. 17, 1.—
II An Acarnanian, instructor of Alexander the Great, Just. 15, 3.—
III The discoverer of the herb lysimachia, Plin. 25, 7, 35, § 72.—
The name of a man, Plaut. Merc. 2, 2, 41.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
(2) Lȳsĭmăchus, ī, m. (Λυσίμαχος), Lysimaque [un des plus fameux généraux d’Alexandre] : Cic. Tusc. 1, 102 ; Plin. 8, 143 ; Just. 17, 1, 2 || nom d’un Acarnanien, maître d’Alexandre : Just. 15, 3, 1 || autres du même nom : Pl. Merc. 272 ; Plin. 25, 72.
