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Definition of Cincinnatus
1. Noun. Roman statesman regarded as a model of simple virtue; he twice was called to assume dictatorship of Rome and each time retired to his farm (519-438 BC).
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cincinnatus
Literary usage of Cincinnatus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of Rome by Wilhelm Ihne (1871)
"In this manner Cincinnatus rescued the blockaded army and returned in triumph to
Home; ... This distance the Roman army under Cincinnatus is said to have ..."
2. The History of Ancient Art by Johann Joachim Winckelmann (1872)
"It cau on the contrary be shown that, notwithstanding the ploughshare, the name
Cincinnatus is not in the least degree appropriate to this statue because it ..."
3. Literary News by L. Pylodet, Augusta Harriet (Garrigue) Leypoldt (1901)
"Cincinnatus seldom comes over when Anastasia is with me, for, ... The battle
began when Cincinnatus took a book from one of his coat-pockets, and, ..."
4. A Smaller History of Rome: From the Earliest Times to the Establishment of by William Smith, Eugene Lawrence (1877)
"The Senate forthwith appointed L. Cincinnatus dictator. L. Cincinnatus was one
of the heroes of old Roman story. When the deputies of the Senate came to him ..."
5. Readings in Ancient History by Hutton Webster (1913)
"Cincinnatus the Dictator l Not many years after this ill-fated ... It was Lucius
Quintius, whom the people called Cincinnatus from his "crisped" hair. ..."
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