cincinnus
μηδενί δίκην δικάσῃς πρίν ἀμφοῖν μῦθον ἀκούσῃς → do not give your judgement on anything until you have heard a speech on both sides
Latin > English
cincinnus cincinni N M :: ringlet, curl/lock; curled hair; rhetorical flourish, artificial embellishment
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.
Latin > German (Georges)
cincinnus, ī, m. (κίκιννος), das gekräuselte Haar, die (künstliche) Haarlocke (versch. von cirrus, der natürlichen Haarlocke), c. capitis, Plaut.: cincinnorum fimbriae, Cic.: altior hic quare cincinnus? Iuven.: colligare cincinnos, Eccl.: feminae cincinnos crispare, Maecen. in Sen. ep. 114, 5. – übtr., zu gekünstelter Schmuck, Schnörkelei, Ziererei im Ausdrucke, Cic. de or. 3, 100. August. bei Suet. Aug. 86, 2.
Latin > Chinese
cincinnus, i. m. :: 髮圈 Cincinni oratoris 虛文。
