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κυνισμός?

Second declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration: kynismos

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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