Cin·cin·na·tus 
(sĭn′sə-nătəs, -nātəs), Lucius Quinctius 519?-438 BC.
(sĭn′sə-nătəs, -nātəs), Lucius Quinctius 519?-438 BC. Roman statesman who according to tradition was twice called away from his farm to assume the dictatorship of Rome (458 and 439).