Cyrenaic

Meanings

Adjective

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

Noun

  • A native or inhabitant of Cyrenaica.
  • A disciple of the school of Aristippus.

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Origin

  • From Latin Cyrenaicus, from Cyrene.

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