Cyrenian

English

Alternative forms

• Cyrenean, Cyrenaean, Cyrenæan

Etymology

Cyrene +‎ -ian

Adjective

Cyrenian (comparative more Cyrenian, superlative most Cyrenian)

1. Relating to Cyrene.

Translations

relating to Cyrene

• Portuguese: cireneu
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Spanish: cirenaico

Noun

Cyrenian (plural Cyrenians)

1. A native or inhabitant of Cyrene.
2. One of a school of philosophers established at Cyrene by Aristippus, a disciple of Socrates, with doctrines nearly the same as those of the Epicureans.

Translations

native of Cyrene

• Greek:

  Ancient: Κῡρηναῖος (Kūrēnaîos)

• Portuguese: cireneu m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Russian: кире́нец m (kirénec)
• Spanish: cirenaico m

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “Cyrenian”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• cynarine