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cincinnālis, e, adj. [cincinnus], curled: herba, a plant, also called polytrichon, App. Herb. 51.

* cincinnātŭlus, a, um, adj. dim. [cincinnatus], with curled hair: pueri, Hier. Ep. 130, n. 19.

1. cincinnātus, adj. [cincinnus],

  1. I. with curled hair, having locks or ringlets of hair (as an indication of luxurious effeminacy), Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 115: moechus, id. Mil. 3, 3, 49; id. Truc. 2, 7, 48: consul, Cic. Sest. 11, 26: ganeo, id. Red. in Sen. 5, 13; Cael. ap. Quint. 1, 5, 61.
  2. II. Transf., of comets: stellae, Schol. Juv 6, 207 (in Cic. N. D. 2, 5, 14, better crinitas).

2. Cincinnātus, i, m., a cognomen of the renownea L. Qumctius, taken from the plough to the dictatorship, Liv. 3, 26, 6; 4, 13, 14 sq.; Cic. Fin. 2, 4, 12; id. Sen. 16, 56; Col. 1, praef. § 13; Plin. 18, 3, 4, § 20; Val. Max. 4, 4 al.

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

  1. I. curled hair, a lock or curl of hair, Plaut. Truc. 2, 2, 32; Varr. R. R. 1, 31, 4; Cic. Pis. 11, 25.
  2. 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.