I.the chief town of a province of the same name in Libya, now Kuren, celebrated for its trade, and as the birthplace of Callimachus, Eratosthenes, and Aristippus, Mel. 1, 8, 2; Plin. 5, 5, 5, § 31; Sall. J. 19, 3; Plaut. Rud. prol. 41; Cic. Planc. 5, 13; Nep. Ages. 8, 6; Sil. 8, 57; Cat. 7, 4; Sol. 27, 44.—
II. Hence,
A. Cȳrēnăĭcus , a, um, adj., Cyrenaic: provincia, or absol.: Cȳrē-năĭca , ae, f., the province Cyrenaica, in Libya, Mel. 1, 8, 1; Plin. 5, 5, 5, § 31 sq.; “also Cyrenaica Africa,” id. ib. § “8: lacrima, i. e. laser,” Scrib. Comp. 167; cf. Plin. 19, 3, 15, § 38 sq.: “philosophia,” the school of philosophy founded by Aristippus, Cic. de Or. 3, 17, 62.—Subst.: Cȳrēnăĭci , ōrum, m., its adherents, Cic. Ac. 2, 42, 131; id. Tusc. 3, 13, 28; id. Off. 3, 33, 116 al.—
B. Cȳrē-naeus , a, um, adj., of Cyrene: “urbs,” i. e. Cyrene, Sil. 8, 159: “aquae,” i. e. drunk by Callimachus, Prop. 4 (5), 6, 4.—
a. The inhabitants of Cyrene, Nep. Hann. 8, 1.—
b. The adherents of the Cyrenaic philosophy (cf. the preced.), Cic. Ac. 2, 24, 76.—
C. Cȳrēnensis , e, adj., the same: “senatus,” Plaut. Rud. 3, 4, 8: “populares,” id. ib. 3, 2, 1: “agri,” Cic. Agr. 2, 19, 51: “provincia,” Dig. 19, 2, 61.—In plur. subst.: Cȳrēnenses , ĭum, m., inhabitants of Cyrene, Sall. J. 79, 2; Plin. 7, 56, 67, § 208; Tac. A. 3, 70.
