Alcibiades

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

Alcĭbĭădes, is, m. (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.