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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.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (6):
    • Plautus, Stichus, 5.4
    • Tacitus, Annales, 16.34
    • Cicero, On Oratory, 3.17
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 25.60
    • A. Cornelius Celsus, De Medicina, 4.2
    • Cicero, de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum, 3.20
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