Leonidas

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

Lĕōnĭdas (nom. Lĕōnĭda, Just. 2, 11, 2), ae, m., = Λεωνίδας.

I A king of Sparta, who fell at Thermopylae , Cic. Fin. 2, 30, 97; 2, 19, 62; id. Tusc. 1, 42, 101; 1, 49, 116; Nep. Them. 3.—

II The name of a slave , Plaut. As. 1, 1, 43 al.; v. also Leonides.