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Definition: Cincinnatus |
CincinnatusNoun1. 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). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "Cincinnatus" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
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Biographical Satire | CINCINNATUS, of Rome, who left his plow to make his share in politics. Later inaugurated the back-to-the-farm movement. Source: Who was Who: 5000BC - 1914. |
Literature | Cincinnatus the Roman, was ploughing his field, when he was saluted as Dictator. After he had conquered the Volsci and delivered his country from danger, he laid down his office and returned to his plough. "And Cincinnatus, awful from the plough." Thomson: Winter, 512. The Cincinnatus of the Americans. George Washington (1732-1799). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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Synonym: CincinnatusSynonym: Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Cincinnatus |
| English words defined with "Cincinnatus": Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "Cincinnatus": CINCINNATUS. (references) |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Cincinnatus in retirement falsely supposed to represent Jesuit-Pad driven back to his native Potatoes : see Romish Common-Wealth. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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1. Cincinnatus, NY |
Expression using "Cincinnatus": Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
cincinnatus ny | 43 |
cincinnatus | 38 |
cincinnatus order | 5 |
cincinnatus society | 4 |
central cincinnatus school | 3 |
cincinnatus new york | 2 |
cincinnatus lucius quinctius | 2 |
cincinnatus rome | 2 |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-c-i-i-n-n-n-s-t-u" | |
-4 letters: actinic, ascitic, caustic, incants, niacins, sciatic, stannic, tannins. | |
-5 letters: acinic, acinus, actins, anisic, antics, cactus, cantic, cantus, casini, cutins, incant, isatin, nastic, niacin, siccan, suntan, tannic, tannin, tunica, tunics, uncini. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-c-i-i-n-n-n-s-t-u" | |
+3 letters: discontinuance. | |
+4 letters: discontinuances. | |
+5 letters: discountenancing. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)43 69 6E 63 69 6E 6E 61 74 75 73 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.-. .. -. -.-. .. -. -. .- - ..- ... |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000011 01101001 01101110 01100011 01101001 01101110 01101110 01100001 01110100 01110101 01110011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)C i n c i n n a t u s |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0043 0069 006E 0063 0069 006E 006E 0061 0074 0075 0073 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3775806975808067868785 |
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