Diogenes /(?)/
Di·og·e·nes
Diogenes
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.
Phrases & Compounds
- Diogenes' crab
- 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.