Lewis & Short

† Cynĭcus, i, m., = κυνικός (doglike).

  1. I. Subst., a Cynic philosopher, a Cynic, Cic. de Or. 3, 17, 62; id. Fin. 3, 20, 68; Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 18; Juv. 13, 121: nudi dolia, i. e. of Diogenes, id. 14, 309.
    Hence, adj.: Cynĭcus, a, um, Cynic: institutio, Tac. A. 16, 34: cena, Petr. 14; and in * adv.: Cynĭcē, after the manner of the Cynics, Plaut. Stich. 5, 4, 22.
  2. II. Suffering by σπασμὸς κυνικός, spasmodic distortion, Plin. 25, 5, 24, § 60; cf. Cels. 4, 2, 2.