cinaedus

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

cĭnaedus, i, m., = κίναιδος.

I He who practises unnatural lust , a sodomite , catamite , Plaut. As. 3, 3, 37; id. Aul. 3, 2, 8; id. Poen. 5, 5, 40; Scip. Afric. ap. Gell. 7, 12, 5; Cat. 16, 2; 25, 1; Petr. 21, 2; Juv. 2, 10; 14, 30 al.—

B Adj. : cĭnaedus , a, um, wanton , unchaste : ut decuit cinaediorem, Cat. 10, 24.—Trop., impudent , shameless : homo cinaedā fronte, Mart. 6, 39, 12.— Hence,

II He who performs a wanton dance , Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 73; Lucil. ap. Non. p. 5, 31.—

III The name of a sea-fish , Plin. 33, 11, 53, § 146.

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