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Cincinnatus [sin-suh-ney-tuh s, -nat-uh s] EXAMPLES| noun Lucius Quinc·ti·us [kwingk-tee-uh s] /ˈkwɪŋk ti əs/, 519?–439? b.c., Roman general and statesman: dictator 458, 439. Liberaldictionary.com
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019 Examples from the Web for cincinnatus Historical Examples of cincinnatus
Cincinnatus had to cut his connections, too, when he took to horticulture.
Charles James Lever
It is undecayed since the days of Cincinnatus and the Sabine farm.
Blackwoods Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 365, March, 1846
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The dictatorship was fitted to be repudiated by Cincinnatus, and to be espoused by Cæsar.
Victor Hugo
Then said Cincinnatus, being not a little astonished, “Is all well?”
Alfred Church
He is always Cincinnatus, going back to his peaches and his ploughs.
Anthony Trollope
British Dictionary definitions for cincinnatus Cincinnatus noun Lucius Quinctius (ˈluːsɪəs ˈkwɪŋktɪəs). ?519–438 bc, Roman general and statesman, regarded as a model of simple virtue; dictator of Rome during two crises (458; 439), retiring to his farm after each one Collins English Dictionary – Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
