Webster's 1913 Dictionary
DIOGENES
DIOGENES Di *og "e *nes, n.
Defn: 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 (Zoöl.), 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.
New American Oxford Dictionary
Diogenes
Di og e nes |dīˈäjəˌnēz daɪˈɑʤəniz | ( c. 400 – c. 325 bc ), Greek philosopher. The most noted of the Cynics, he emphasized self-sufficiency and the need for natural, uninhibited behavior, regardless of social conventions.
Oxford Dictionary
Diogenes
Diogenes |dʌɪˈɒdʒɪniːz | ( c. 400 – c. 325 bc ), Greek philosopher. The most famous of the Cynics, he lived ascetically in Athens (according to legend, he lived in a tub ) and was accordingly nicknamed Kuōn (‘the dog ’), from which the Cynics derived their name. He emphasized self-sufficiency and the need for natural, uninhibited behaviour, regardless of social conventions.
Duden Dictionary
Diogenes
Di o ge nes Eigenname |Di o genes |altgriechischer Philosoph
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
Diogenes
Di og e nes /daɪɑ́dʒənìːz |-ɔ̀dʒ -/名詞 ディオゲーネス 〘412?--323 b.c.; ギリシャのキニク派の哲学者 〙.
The Wordsmith Dictionary