cincinnus
cincinnus, i. m. kindr. with Gr. κίκιννος and Lat. cirrus; Sanscr. cicura, crinis, Bopp, Gloss. 124 a, curled hair, a lock or curl of hair, Plaut. Truc. 2, 2, 32; Varr. R. R. 1, 31, 4; Cic. Pis. 11, 25.— Trop., too artificial or elaborate oratorical ornament (cf. calamister, II.): in oratoris aut in poëtae cincinnis ac fuco offenditur, quod, etc., Cic. de Or. 2, 25, 100; Aug. ap. Suet. Aug. 86.
No short def.
Headword (normalized):
cincinnus
Headword (normalized/stripped):
cincinnus
Intro Text:
cincinnus, i. m. kindr. with Gr. κίκιννος and Lat. cirrus; Sanscr. cicura, crinis, Bopp, Gloss. 124 a, curled hair, a lock or curl of hair, Plaut. Truc. 2, 2, 32; Varr. R. R. 1, 31, 4; Cic. Pis. 11, 25.— Trop., too artificial or elaborate oratorical ornament (cf. calamister, II.): in oratoris aut in poëtae cincinnis ac fuco offenditur, quod, etc., Cic. de Or. 2, 25, 100; Aug. ap. Suet. Aug. 86.
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