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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

  • εἶτά μοι εἰσ τὸ αὐτὸ φέρων συγκαθεῖρξεν τὸ σκῶμμα καὶ τὸν ἰάμβον καὶ κυνισμὸν καὶ τὸν Εὔπολιν καὶ τὸν Ἀριστοφάνη, δεινοὺσ ἄνδρασ ἐπικερτομῆσαι τὰ σεμνὰ καὶ χλευάσαι τὰ ὀρθῶσ ἔχοντα. (Lucian, Bis accusatus sive tribunalia, (no name) 33:9)
  • ὁδὶ δὲ κραυγῇ μόνον καὶ ἀνοίᾳ διὰ δυστυχῆ φθόγγον καὶ κακὴν ἔγκλισιν καὶ τὰσ ἐκμελεῖσ καμπὰσ καὶ λήρουσ καὶ κυνισμοὺσ καὶ ὀλέθρουσ ἀκλεῶσ ἀπολλύμενοσ. (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 65:4)
  • 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)
  • ὅθεν καὶ τὸν κυνισμὸν εἰρήκασι σύντομον ἐπ’ ἀρετὴν ὁδόν. (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, , Kef. q'. MENEDHMOS 3:7)
  • εἶναι γὰρ τὸν κυνισμὸν σύντομον ἐπ’ ἀρετὴν ὁδόν, ὡσ Ἀπολλόδωροσ ἐν τῇ Ἠθικῇ. (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, ISTORIWN Z, Kef. a'. ZHNWN 121:7)

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