Cynicus

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

Cynĭcus, i, m., = κυνικός (doglike).

I Subst., a Cynic philosopher, a Cynic , Cic. de Or. 3, 17, 62; id. Fin. 3, 20, 68; Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 18; Juv. 13, 121: nudi dolia, i. e. of Diogenes , id. 14, 309.—Hence, adj.: Cynĭcus , a, um, Cynic : institutio, Tac. A. 16, 34: cena, Petr. 14; and in * adv.: Cynĭcē , after the manner of the Cynics , Plaut. Stich. 5, 4, 22.—

II Suffering by σπασμὸς κυνικός, spasmodic distortion , Plin. 25, 5, 24, § 60; cf. Cels. 4, 2, 2.

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