\Di*og"e*nes\, n.
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} (Zo["o]l.), 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.