Definition of Diogenes
Di`og´e`nes
n.
1.
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
(Zool.)
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
.
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