Nicias

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

Nīcĭas, ae, m., = Νικίας.

I A celebrated Athenian statesman and general, who fell in the expedition against Sicily , Nep. Alcib. 3, 1; Just. 4, 4, 3.—

II Nicias Curtius, a grammarian, a companion of Cicero in Cilicia , Cic. Fam. 9, 10, 1; id. Att. 7, 3, 10; 13, 28, 3; 14, 9, 3.