Poliorcetes
From LSJ
κρείσσων γὰρ ἦσθα μηκέτ' ὢν ἢ ζῶν τυφλός → thou wert better not alive, than living blind | you were better not alive, than living blind
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Pŏlĭorcētes: ae, m., = Πολιορκητής (the besieger or stormer of cities),
I a surname of Demetrius, king of Macedonia (cf.: Demetrius expugnator), Plin. 7, 38, 39, § 126; Sen. Ep. 9, 15; Vitr. 10, 22; Amm. 23, 4, 10; 24, 2, 18.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
Pŏlĭorcētēs,¹⁵ æ, m. (Πολιορκητής), Démétrius Poliorcète [preneur de villes], roi de Macédoine : Sen. Ep. 9, 15 ; Const. 5, 6.
Latin > German (Georges)
Poliorcētēs, ae, m. (πολιορκητής, der Städtebelagerer, -bestürmer, -eroberer (rein lat. expugnator, Plin. 7, 126), ein Zuname des Demetrius, Königs von Mazedonien, Vitr. 10, 16, 4. Sen. de const. sap. 5, 6; ep. 9, 18.
