What does "diogenes" mean?

A transliteration of the Ancient Greek male given name Διογένης (Diogénēs).

What is a synonym for "diogenes"?

Common synonyms include: anchorite, ascetic, hermit, homebody, invalid, isolationist.

Pronounced //daɪˈɒdʒəniːz//.

//daɪˈɒdʒəniːz// name

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Proper Noun

1
A transliteration of the Ancient Greek male given name Διογένης (Diogénēs).
2
Diogenes of Sinope, an Ancient Greek philosopher (c.412-c.323 BC), the most famous of Cynic philosophers.

"Diogenes would frequently praise those who were about to marry, and yet did not marry."

From Latin Diogenēs, from Ancient Greek Διογένης (Diogénēs).

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