The corpus record — Latin

cincinnus

cincinnus · m

curled hair

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What it meant

1. cincinnus — Lewis & Short

cincinnus, i. m.kindr. with Gr. ki/kinnos and Lat. cirrus; Sanscr. cicura, crinis, Bopp, Gloss. 124 a,

I curled hair, a lock or curl of hair, Plaut. Truc. 2, 2, 32; 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.

2. cincinnus — Walde–Hofmann

cincinnus, -; m. „gekräuseltes Haar, künstliche Haarlocke*, übtr, ,Schnórkelei* (seit Plaut, ebenso -äfus „gelockt“ [Cogn. seit 5. Jh. v. ch; -älis herba — „polytrichon“ Ps. Apul): aus gr. xikıvvog m. „Haarlocke“ m. Antizipation des Nasals (vgl. gr. kóvxivog neben xóxxtvoc, IJ. 14, 179 n. 67); nach Walde LEW.? 868, Niedermann Symb. gr. Rozwadowski I 1095 vl. kleinasiatisches oder ägäisches Wort (vgl. auch 2. einnus, … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. cincinnus, p. 248]

Where it came from

Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. cincinnus (scan p. 145; entry #2159).
Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. cincinnus (scan p. 248; entry #646).

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