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Alcĭbĭădes , is, m. (
I.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.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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    • Cicero, On Oratory, 2.22
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 39, 36
    • Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes, 3.22
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