I. A famous Greek colony in Paphlagonia, on the Euxine, the birthplace of Diogenes the Cynic and residence of Mithridates, now Sinoub, Mel. 1, 19, 9; Plin. 6, 2, 2, § 6; Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 34, § 87; id. Imp. Pomp. 8, 21; Tac. H. 4, 83 sq. al.: “Sinopae,” Cic. Agr. 2, 20, 53.—Hence,
1. Sĭnōpensis , e, adj., of or belonging to Sinope: “colonia,” Dig. 50, 15, 1 fin.—Plur. subst.: Sĭnōpenses , ĭum, m., the inhabitants of Sinope, Liv. 40, 2; Tac. H. 4, 83 fin.—
2. Sĭnōpeus , a, um, adj., = Σινωπεύς, of Sinope, Plaut. Curc. 3, 72: “Cynicus,” i. e. Diogenes, Ov. P. 1, 3, 67.—
4. Sĭnōpis , ĭdis, f. (sc. terra), a kind of red ochre found in Sinope, and used for coloring, Plin. 35, 6, 13, § 31; Vitr. 7, 7; Veg. 2, 16, 3 and 5.—
II. An earlier name for the town of Sinuessa, Liv. 10, 21, 8.
