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cinaedus

cinaedus, one who practises unnatural lust

cĭnaedus, i, m., = κίναιδος.
  • He who practises unnatural lust, a sodomite, catamite, Plaut. As. 3, 3, 37 (627); id. Aul. 3, 2, 8 (422); id. Poen. 5, 5, 40 (1319); Scip. Afric. ap. Gell. 7, 12, 5; Cat. 16, 2; 25, 1; Petr. 21, 2; Juv. 2, 10; 14, 30 al.—
    • B Adj.: cĭnaedus, a, um, wanton, unchaste: ut decuit cinaediorem, Cat. 10, 24.—Trop., impudent, shameless: homo cinaedā fronte, Mart. 6, 39, 12.— Hence,
  • II He who performs a wanton dance, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 73 (668); Lucil. ap. Non. p. 5, 31.—
  • III The name of a sea-fish, Plin. 33, 11, 53, § 146.
cĭnaedus, a, um, v. 1. cinaedus, I. B.

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