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cynicis

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  • cynicus, cynica, cynicum:

    Adjective · 1st declension

    Frequency:
    Common
    Dictionary:
    Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
    Field:
    Science

    = of/pertaining to Cynic philosophy; [spasticus ~ => who has facial paralysis];

    Entry →
    abl. pl. (all)
    dat. pl. (all)

Examples

  • D

    Satura XIV

    Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE

    "...ebore et lata testudine. dolia nudi non ardent Cynici; si fregeris, altera fiet cras domus atque eadem plumbo..."
  • D

    Satura XIII

    Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE

    "...Cynicos nec Stoica dogmata legit a Cynicis tunica distantia, non Epicurum suspicit exigui laetum plantaribus horti. curentur dubii..."
  • L

    Liber III

    Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM

    "...Ideo de Diogene nec minus de aliis Cynicis qui libertate promiscua usi sunt et obvios monuerunt dubitari solet..."
  • L

    de Brevitate Vitae

    Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DIALOGI

    "...Epicuro quiescere, hominis naturam cum Stoicis uincere, cum Cynicis excedere. Cum rerum natura in consortium omnis aeui patiatur..."

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