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κυκεών

Third declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: κυκεών κυκεῶνος

Structure: κυκεων (Stem)

Etym.: kuka/w

Sense

  1. a potion consisting of barley-meal, grated cheese, and Pramnian wine, among other things

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.

Examples

  • ὥστε οὐδὲν δεήσομαι τὸ τῆσ Κίρκησ ἐκεῖνο πρὸσ σὲ εἰπεῖν, τὸ θαῦμὰ μ’ ἔχει ὡσ οὔτι πιὼν τάδε φάρμακ’ ἐθέλχθησ, θελχθήσῃ γάρ, καὶ μὰ Δί’ οὐκ ὄνου κεφαλὴν ἢ συὸσ καρδίαν ἕξεισ, ἀλλ’ ὁ μὲν νόοσ σοι ἐμπεδώτεροσ ἔσται, σὺ δὲ ὑφ’ ἡδονῆσ οὐδὲ ὀλίγον τοῦ κυκεῶνοσ ἄλλῳ μεταδώσεισ πιεῖν. (Lucian, De saltatione, (no name) 85:3)
  • ἡ δέ μιν ἀρκεύθοιο νέον τετμηότι θαλλῷ βάπτουσ’ ἐκ κυκεῶνοσ ἀκήρατα φάρμακ’ ἀοιδαῖσ ῥαῖνε κατ’ ὀφθαλμῶν· (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 4 3:17)
  • κεῖνα γὰρ ἢ μῦθόσ τισ ἀνέπλασεν, ἢ διὰ τέχνησ οὐχ ὁσίησ τετέλεστο, πόθων ὅτε λύσσαν ἑλοῦσα παρθενικὴ δολόεσσα μάγον κίνησεν ἀνάγκην ἀλλὰ δόλων ἔκτοσθε καὶ ὀρφναίου κυκεῶνοσ Βάκτριοσ ἡμετέροισι Γίγασ δούπησε βελέμνοισ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 4, chapter 3 13:2)

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