Sinope, pes, A citie in the countrey of Pontus. It is also the name of a harlat, of whome grew a Prouerbe, looke Sinopissas. Sinope is also the name of a mayden, to whome nothing was so deare as virginitie.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
Sĭnōpē, ēs (or -a, ae; cf. Zumpt ad Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 34, 87, p. 166), f., = *sinw/ph. 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, 1fin.—Plur. subst.: Sĭnōpenses, ĭum, m., the inhabitants of Sinope, Liv. 40, 2; Tac. H. 4, 83 fin.—2. Sĭnōpeus, a, um, adj., = *sinwpeu/s, 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.