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|Text=[[Κίννας]], -α, ὁ.
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>Cinna</b>: ae, m.,<br /><b>I</b> a [[family]] [[name]] of the gentes [[Cornelia]] and Helvia.<br /><b>I</b> L. [[Cornelius]] [[Cinna]], [[consul]] A.U.C. 667-670; a [[confederate]] of C. [[Marius]] in the Roman [[civil]] [[war]] [[with]] [[Sylla]], Vell. 2, 20 sq.; Flor. 3, 21; Cic. Tusc. 5, 19, 54 and 55.—Hence, appel., a [[Cinna]], a [[cruel]] [[warrior]]: tyrannum et Cinnam appellans, Sall. H. 1, 42 Dietsch.— Hence, Cinnānus, a, um, adj., of [[Cinna]]: partes, his [[party]], adherents, Vell. 2, 24; Nep. Att. 2, 2: [[rabies]], Flor. 4, 2, 2: [[tumultus]], Nep. Att. 2, 2.—<br /><b>II</b> Son of the [[preceding]] of the [[same]] [[name]], a [[follower]] of [[Lepidus]], and [[afterwards]] one of the assassins of Cœsar, Suet. Caes. 5; 85; Val. Max. 9, 9, 1; cf. Cic. Phil. 3, 10, 26.—<br /><b>III</b> Cn. [[Cinna]] [[Magnus]], [[son]] of the [[preceding]], pardoned by [[Augustus]], Sen. Clem. 1, 9, 1.—<br /> C. [[Helvius]] [[Cinna]], a Roman [[poet]], [[friend]] of [[Catullus]], the [[author]] of a [[poem]], [[now]] [[lost]], called [[Smyrna]], Ov. Tr. 2, 435; Cat. 10, 30; 10, 95; 10, 96; Verg. E. 9, 35; Mart. 10, 21, 4; Plin. Ep. 5, 3, 5; Quint. 10, 4, 4 al.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=(1) <b>[[Cinna]],¹¹ æ, m.,<br /><b>1</b> L.&nbsp;[[Cornelius]] [[Cinna]] [[consul]] avec [[Marius]] : Cic. Tusc. 5, 54<br /><b>2</b> conspirateur gracié par Auguste : Sen. Clem. 1, 9, 1<br /><b>3</b> [[Helvius]] [[Cinna]] [poète, [[ami]] de Catulle] : Catul. 10, 31.<br />(2) <b>[[Cinna]], æ, f., ville de la Dalmatie : Anton.
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{{Georges
|georg=Cinna, ae, m., röm. [[Familienname]] der Cornelii u. [[Helvii]], [[unter]] dem [[bes]]. [[bekannt]] sind: I) L. [[Cornelius]] [[Cinna]], der Genosse [[des]] C. [[Marius]] im Bürgerkriege [[gegen]] [[Sulla]], Cic. Tusc. 5, 54 sq. Vell. 2, 20 sq.: [[berüchtigt]] [[durch]] seine Grausamkeit [[gegen]] die [[Gegenpartei]], dah. appell. [[ein]] [[Cinna]] = [[ein]] grausamer [[Gegner]], tyrannum et Cinnam appellans, Sall. hist. fr. 1, 42 (hist. fr. inc. 52). – Dav. Cinnānus, a, um, cinnanisch, partes, der [[Anhänger]] (die [[Partei]]) [[des]] [[Cinna]], Nep. u. Vell.: [[tumultus]], Nep.: [[cruor]], die blutigen Zeiten Cinnas, Cic. – II) [[dessen]] [[Sohn]] L. Corn. [[Cinna]], [[Anhänger]] [[des]] [[Lepidus]] u. [[später]] [[einer]] der [[Mörder]] Cäsars, Suet. Caes. 5 u. 85. Val. Max. 9, 9, 1; vgl. Cic. Phil. 3, 26. – u. III) [[dessen]] [[Sohn]] ([[von]] der Pompeja, [[des]] Pompejus [[Tochter]]) L. od. Cn. [[Cinna]] [[Magnus]], [[von]] [[Augustus]] [[zweimal]] begnadigt, Sen. de clem. 1, 9, 1. – IV) C. [[Helvius]] [[Cinna]], [[ein]] röm. Dichter, [[Freund]] [[des]] Katull, Catull. 10, 30. Verg. ecl. 1, 35. Plin. ep. 5, 3, 5.
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