cincinnus
From LSJ
διαμεμαστιγωμένην καὶ οὐλῶν μεστὴν ὑπὸ ἐπιορκιῶν καὶ ἀδικίας → striped all over with the scourge, and a mass of wounds, the work of perjuries and injustice
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
cincinnus: i. m. kindr. with Gr. κίκιννος and Lat. cirrus; Sanscr. cicura, crinis, Bopp, Gloss. 124 a,
I curled hair, a lock or curl of hair, Plaut. Truc. 2, 2, 32; Varr. R. R. 1, 31, 4; Cic. Pis. 11, 25.—
II Trop., too artificial or elaborate oratorical ornament (cf. calamister, II.): in oratoris aut in poëtae cincinnis ac fuco offenditur, quod, etc., Cic. de Or. 2, 25, 100; Aug. ap. Suet. Aug. 86.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
cincinnus,¹⁴ ī, m. (κίκιννος), boucle de cheveux : Cic. Pis. 25 || [fig.] poetæ cincinni Cic. de Or. 3, 100, les frisures [ornements artificiels] chez un poète.
