cincinnatus

1. 1.

   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)

   SynonymsLucius Quinctius Cincinnatus

   Broaderstatesman

Other forms of cincinnatus

plural

cincinnatuses·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about cincinnatus

What does cincinnatus mean?

cincinnatus means "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)".

How many syllables are in cincinnatus?

cincinnatus has 4 syllables: cin-cin-na-tus. The stress falls on "cin".

What is another word for cincinnatus?

Close synonyms include Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is cincinnatus a common word?

cincinnatus is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.