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κυνισμός

Second declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: κυνισμός κυνισμοῦ

Structure: κυνισμ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. Cynical philosophy or conduct

Declension

Second declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • οἰκῶν τ’ ἐν Πειραιεῖ καθ’ ἑκάστην ἡμέραν τοὺσ τετταράκοντα σταδίουσ ἀνιὼν ἤκουε Σωκράτουσ, παρ’ οὗ καὶ τὸ καρτερικὸν λαβὼν καὶ τὸ ἀπαθὲσ ζηλώσασ κατῆρξε πρῶτοσ τοῦ κυνισμοῦ. (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, , Kef. a'. ANTISQENHS 2:4)

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