Androcles

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

Andrō̆cles, is, or -clus, i, m., = Ἀνδροκλῆς,

the well-known slave who cured the foot of a lion and was afterwards recognized by the lion and saved from death , Sen. Ben. 2, 19; Gell. 5, 14.