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Photinus (Greek Φωτεινός; died 376), was a Christian heresiarch and bishop of Sirmium in Pannonia (today the town Sremska Mitrovica in Serbia), best known for denying the incarnation of Christ. His name became synonymous in later literature for someone asserting that Christ was not God. His teachings are mentioned by various ancient authors, like Ambrosiaster (Pseudo- Ambrose), saint Hilary of Poitiers, Socrates Scholasticus, Sozomen, saint Ambrose of Milan, Augustine of Hippo, John Cassian, Sulpicius Severus, Jerome (Eusebius Sophronius Hyeronymus), Vigilius of Thapsus (Vigillius Tapsensis) and many others.
None of his writings are extant and must be reconstructed through his critics.
The rover fireflies (Photinus) are a genus of fireflies ( family Lampyridae). They are the type genus of tribe Photinini in subfamily Lampyrinae. This genus contains, for example, the common eastern firefly (P. pyralis), the state insect of Tennessee.
Male Photinus beetles emit a flashing light pattern to signal for females. Illegitimate receivers, such as female Photuris beetles, identify these signals and use them to locate the male Photinus, attract them with deceptive signals, and eat them.
Photinus or Photeinos (, "bright") is a Greek given name:
- Photinus of Sirmium (died 276), Christian bishop and heresiarch
- Photinus of Thessalonica (fl. late 5th century)
- Photeinos (strategos) (fl. 820s), Byzantine commander
- Photinus (beetle), genus of fireflies
Usage examples of "photinus".
Several million years ago, Photuris and Photinus had probably been the same species of beetle, but beetles had a genius for radiating into every conceivable evolutionary niche.
Then, as a reward, I’ll send you three or four other Photinus males to make up for the loss of me.
I bet I’m the first Photinus to devour a Photuris in about a million years.