Laches — an Athenian, son of Melanopus, was joined with Charoeades in the command of the first… (and others of the name)
Ancient Greek word, found 73 times in the texts on Socratos.
Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 3.86.1: τοῦ δ’ αὐτοῦ θέρους τελευτῶντος Ἀθηναῖοι εἴκοσι ναῦς ἔστειλαν ἐς Σικελίαν καὶ Λάχητα τὸν Μελανώπου στρατηγὸν αὐτῶν καὶ Χαροιάδην τὸν Εὐφιλήτου.
Aristophanes, Wasps 240: ἀλλʼ ἐγκονῶμεν ὦνδρες, ὡς ἔσται Λάχητι νυνί·