noun

Cȳrēnē

gen. Cȳrēnēs · gender feminine

the chief town of a province of the same name in Libya; Kuren, celebrated for its trade, and as the birthplace of Callimachus, Eratosthenes, and Aristippus

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.—

hence

adj., Cyrenaic; the province Cyrenaica, in Libya; its adherents •

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.—

adj., of Cyrene •

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.—

Subst.: Cȳ-rēnaei, ōrum, m.

Subst.: Cȳ-rēnaei, ōrum, m.

The inhabitants of Cyrene

The inhabitants of Cyrene, Nep. Hann. 8, 1.—

The adherents of the Cyrenaic philosophy

The adherents of the Cyrenaic philosophy (cf. the preced.), Cic. Ac. 2, 24, 76.—

inhabitants of Cyrene ••

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.

Perseus ID: n12219 Key: Cyrene1