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Cincinnatus

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Cin·cin·na·tus  (sns-nts, -nts), Lucius Quinctius 519?-438 b.c.
Roman statesman who according to tradition was twice called away from his farm to assume the dictatorship of Rome (458 and 439).
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Noun1.CincinnatusCincinnatus - 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)
Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus


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Having finished her pies, she moved towards the clothes-horse, and said, "Come here and tell me the story I told you on Wednesday, about Cincinnatus.
Middlemarch by Eliot, George View in context
He lived in a magnificent hotel and was one of the matadors of finance, did business with Ouvrard, kept open house, and led the scandalous life of the period,--the life of a Cincinnatus, on sacks of corn harvested without trouble, stolen rations, "little houses" full of mistresses, in which were given splendid fetes to the Directors of the Republic.
An Old Maid by de Balzac, Honore View in context
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