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κυναλώπηξ

Third declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: κυναλώπηξ κυναλώπεκος

Structure: κυναλωπεκ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Sense

  1. a fox-dog, mongrel between dog and fox

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

  • "φησὶν δὲ ὁ Βάκισ οὕτω, σφόδρα εὖ ἐπειπών, Ἀλλ’ ὁπόταν Κυνικὸσ πολυώνυμοσ ἐσ φλόγα πολλὴν πηδήσῃ δόξησ ὑπ’ ἐρινύι θυμὸν ὀρινθείσ, δὴ τότε τοὺσ ἄλλουσ κυναλώπεκασ, οἳ οἱ ἕπονται, μιμεῖσθαι χρὴ πότμον ἀποιχομένοιο λύκοιο. (Lucian, De morte Peregrini, (no name) 9:93)
  • ποῦ Κυναλώπηξ; (Aristophanes, Lysistrata, Lyric-Scene, lyric4)
  • Αἰγεί̈δη φράσσαι κυναλώπεκα, μή σε δολώσῃ, λαίθαργον ταχύπουν, δολίαν κερδὼ πολύιδριν. (Aristotle, Episode 2:7)
  • Φιλόστρατοσ ἡ κυναλώπηξ. (Aristotle, Episode 2:9)
  • πῶσ δὴ τριήρησ ἐστὶ κυναλώπηξ; (Aristotle, Episode 2:12)

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

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