Bias, Prienæus, One of the seauen wise men of Greece, beholding his countrey taken by enemies fledde:other men carrying with them such goods as they mighte beare, he was demaunded why hee tooke nothing with him: whereto he aunswered: Truelie I carie all my goods wyth me: meaning vertue and doctrine, reputing the goods of fortnne none of his.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
Bĭās, antis, m., = *bi/as, a Greek philosopher of Priene, one of the seven wise men of Greece, Cic. Lael. 16, 59; id. Par. 1, 1, 8; Col. 1, 1, 9; Val. Max. 7, 2, ext. 3.