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Cin⋅cin⋅na⋅tus

[sin-suh-ney-tuhs, -nat-uhs]
–noun
Lucius Quinc⋅ti⋅us [kwingk-tee-uhs] , 519?–439? b.c., Roman general and statesman: dictator 458, 439.
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Cin·cin·na·tus   (sĭn'sə-nāt'əs, -nā'təs)   
Roman statesman who according to tradition was twice called away from his farm to assume the dictatorship of Rome (458 and 439).
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