Cyr`e*na"ic (s?r`?-n?"?k ∨ s?`r?-), a. [L. Cyrenaicus, fr. Cyrene, in Libya.]

Pertaining to Cyrenaica, an ancient country of northern Africa, and to Cyrene, its principal city; also, to a school of philosophy founded by Aristippus, a native of Cyrene.

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n.

A native of Cyrenaica; also, a disciple of the school of Aristippus. See Cyrenian, n.

 

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