Sinopicus

Sĭnōpē, ēs (or -a, ae; cf. Zumpt ad Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 34, § 87, p. 166), f., = Sinôpê.

I.

A famous Greek colony in Paphlagonia, on the Euxine, the birthplace of Diogenes the Cynic and residence of Mithridates, now Sinoub, Mel. 1, 19, 9; Plin. 6, 2, 2, § 6; Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 34, § 87; id. Imp. Pomp. 8, 21; Tac. H. 4, 83 sq. al.:

Sinopae,

Cic. Agr. 2, 20, 53.—Hence,

1.

Sĭnōpensis, e, adj., of or belonging to Sinope:

colonia,

Dig. 50, 15, 1 fin.—Plur. subst.: Sĭnōpenses, ĭum, m., the inhabitants of Sinope, Liv. 40, 2; Tac. H. 4, 83 fin. —

2.

Sĭnōpeus, a, um, adj., = Sinôpeus, of Sinope, Plaut. Curc. 3, 72:

Cynicus,

i. e. Diogenes, Ov. P. 1, 3, 67.—

3.

Sĭnōpĭcus, a, um, adj., of Sinope:

minium,

Cels. 5, 6; 6, 6, 19.—

4.

Sĭnōpis, ĭdis, f. (sc. terra), a kind of red ochre found in Sinope, and used for coloring, Plin. 35, 6, 13, § 31; Vitr. 7, 7; Veg. 2, 16, 3 and 5.—

II.

An earlier name for the town of Sinuessa, Liv. 10, 21, 8.