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ἔκκυνος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἔκκυνος ἔκκυνον

Structure: ἐκκυν (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: ku/wn

Sense

  1. questing about, not keeping on one scent

Examples

  • ἐπειδὰν δὲ μηκέτι θέλωσι προσμένειν τοῖσ ἴχνεσιν, ἀλλ’ ἀποσκεδαννύωνται, ἀναλαμβάνειν, ἑώσ ἂν ἐθισθῶσιν εὑρίσκειν προσθέουσαι τὸν λαγῶ, ἐπεὶ μὴ ἐν κόσμῳ ἀεὶ τοῦτον ζητοῦσαι τελευτῶσαι γίγνονται ἔκκυνοι, πονηρὸν μάθημα. (Xenophon, Minor Works, , chapter 7 12:1)

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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