κύφων
Third declension Noun;
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
κύφων
κύφωνος
Structure:
κυφων
(Stem)
Sense
- the bent yoke of the plough
- a sort of pillory in which criminals were fastened by the neck
- one who has had his neck in the pillory, a knave
Declension
Third declension
The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.
Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.
- ἔνθα δή, ὦ φιλότησ, πολλὰ καὶ ἐλεεινὰ ἦν καὶ ἀκοῦσαι καὶ ἰδεῖν μαστίγων τε γὰρ ὁμοῦ ψόφοσ ἠκούετο καὶ οἰμωγὴ τῶν ἐπὶ τοῦ πυρὸσ ὀπτωμένων καὶ στρέβλαι καὶ κύφωνεσ καὶ τροχοί, καὶ ἡ Χίμαιρα ἐσπάραττεν καὶ ὁ Κέρβεροσ ἐδάρδαπτεν. (Lucian, Necyomantia, (no name) 14:2)
- ἐν ἀρχῇ δὲ καὶ ἐν θύραισ καὶ ἐπὶ τῇ πρώτῃ ἐξόδῳ καὶ ἑώθεν τοῦ ἅπαντοσ ἔτουσ εἴ τισ ἴδοι κίναιδον καὶ ἀπόρρητα ποιοῦντα καὶ πάσχοντα, ἐπίσημον ἐπὶ τούτῳ καὶ ἀπερρωγότα καὶ μονονουχὶ τοὔνομα τῶν ἔργων αὐτῶν ὀνομαζόμενον, ἀπατεῶνα, γόητα, ἐπίορκον, ὄλεθρον, κύφωνα, βάραθρον, μὴ φύγῃ μηδ’ εἰκάσῃ τοῦτον ἀποφράδι ἡμέρᾳ ; (Lucian, Pseudologista, (no name) 14:3)
- ὦ τύμπανα καὶ κύφωνεσ οὐκ ἀρήξετε; (Aristophanes, Plutus, Episode 3:7)
- ἐσ τὸν κύφων’· (Aristophanes, Plutus, Agon, pnigos8)
- ἰδὼν δ’ ἐν τῷ κύφωνι δεδεμένουσ δύο ’ ὡσ μικροπολιτικόν ἔφη, ’ τὸ μὴ δύνασθαι συμπληρῶσαι. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 8, book 8, chapter 44 1:2)
- καρῖδάσ τε τῶν κυφῶν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 3, book 3, chapter 66 3:4)
- κύφων . (Unknown, Elegy and Iambus, Volume II, , unknown168)
- καί μοι κραδίην ἐπάταξε μέλαιναν ὅττι μοι εὐανθεῖσ ἄλλοι ἔχουσιν ἀγρούσ, οὐδ’ ἐμοὶ ἡμίονοι κύφων’ ἕλκουσιν ἀρότρου, τῆσ μάλα μισητῆσ εἵνεκα ναυτιλίησ. (Unknown, Elegy and Iambus, Volume I, , 1386-1389713)
- Ὅσοισι δὲ κατωτέρω τῶν φρενῶν τὸ κύφωμά ἐστι, τούτοισι νοσήματα μὲν ἐνίοισι προσγίνεται νεφριτικὰ, καὶ κατὰ κύστιν‧ ἀτὰρ καὶ ἀποστάσιεσ ἐμπυήματι καὶ κατὰ κενεῶνασ, καὶ κατὰ βουβῶνασ, χρόνιαι καὶ δυσαλθέεσ, καὶ τουτέων οὐδετέρη λύει τὰ κυφώματα‧ ἰσχία δὲ τοῖσι τοιουτέοισιν ἔτι ἀσαρκότερα γίνεται, ἢ τοῖσιν ἄνωθεν κυφοῖσιν‧ ἡ μέντοι ξύμπασα Ῥάχισ μακροτέρη τουτέοισιν, ἢ τοῖσιν ἄνωθεν κυφοῖσιν‧ ἥβη δὲ καὶ γένειον βραδύτερα καὶ ἀτελέστερα, καὶ ἀγονώτεροι οὗτοι τῶν ἄνωθεν κυφῶν. (Hippocrates, Oeuvres Completes D'Hippocrate., , 41.7)
