Nicias, A noble man of Athens. It it also the name of certaine other.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
Nīcĭas, ae, m., = *niki/as. 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.