Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Diogenes"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Diogenes \Di*og"e*nes\, n.
A Greek Cynic philosopher (412?-323 B. C.) who lived much in
Athens and was distinguished for contempt of the common aims
and conditions of life, and for sharp, caustic sayings.

{Diogenes' crab} (Zo["o]l.), a species of terrestrial hermit
crabs ({Cenobita Diogenes}), abundant in the West Indies
and often destructive to crops.

{Diogenes' tub}, the tub which the philosopher Diogenes is
said to have carried about with him as his house, in which
he lived.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

Diogenes
n : Greek Cynic philosopher who rejected social conventions
(circa 400-325 BC) [syn: {Diogenes}]


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