Cyrenaic

English

Etymology

From Latin Cyrenaicus, from Cyrene (“a place in Libya”).

Adjective

Cyrenaic (comparative more Cyrenaic, superlative most Cyrenaic)

  1. Of or relating to Cyrenaica, an ancient country in North Africa, or to Cyrene, its principal city.
  2. Of or relating to a school of philosophy founded by Aristippus, a native of Cyrene.

Noun

Cyrenaic (plural Cyrenaics)

  1. A native or inhabitant of Cyrenaica.
  2. (historical) A disciple of the school of Aristippus.

Synonyms

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for Cyrenaic in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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