cincinnus

cincinnus, i. m. [kindr. with Gr. κίκιννος and Lat. cirrus; Sanscr. cicura, crinis, Bopp, Gloss. 124 a],

• curled hair, a lock or curl of hair, Plaut. Truc. 2, 2, 32 (287); 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.

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.

cincinnus [CL < κίκιννος] , curl, ringlet. b tendril. c rag, shred. †circinni, windeloccas, crines GlC C 434; cincinnos capitis nam gesto cacumine nullos Aldh. Aen. 100. 44; ista tortis ~orum crinibus calamistro crispantibus ‥ componi ‥ satagit Id. VirgP 17; 9‥ hic cicinnus, i. vinnus, loc, ‥ ~i, windeloccas WW; apprehenso ~o capitis W. Cant. Mir. Thom. V 4; s1068 [Angli] qui cesariem in ~os crescere permittebant jam ipsam ad humeros †totondebant M. Par. Min. I 11.  b Ælf. Gl. (v. capreolus 3a).  c a thredbare clathe, cicinnus xeropellina CathA.

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.

cincinnus , i. m.
髮圈 Cincinni oratoris 虛文。

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cincinnus ī, m

• , κίκιννος, curled hair, a lock of hair, curl: cincinnorum fimbriae. — Fig., in rhetoric, artificial ornament: in poëtae cincinnis offenditur.

Cincinnus

(ἕλιξ). A ringlet of hair. See coma.