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κυνοκέφαλος

Second declension Noun; Masculine 동물 Transliteration:

Principal Part: κυνοκέφαλος κυνοκέφαλου

Structure: κυνοκεφαλ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: kefalh/

Sense

  1. baboon

Declension

Second 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

  • οἱ δ’ ὀνομαζόμενοι κυνοκέφαλοι τοῖσ μὲν σώμασιν ἀνθρώποισ δυσειδέσι παρεμφερεῖσ εἰσι, ταῖσ δὲ φωναῖσ μυγμοὺσ ἀνθρωπίνουσ προϊένται. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 3, chapter 35 5:1)
  • καὶ γὰρ οἱ ὄφιεσ οἱ ὑπερμεγάθεεσ καὶ οἱ λέοντεσ κατὰ τούτουσ εἰσὶ καὶ οἱ ἐλέφαντέσ τε καὶ ἄρκτοι καὶ ἀσπίδεσ τε καὶ ὄνοι οἱ τὰ κέρεα ἔχοντεσ καὶ οἱ κυνοκέφαλοι καὶ οἱ ἀκέφαλοι οἱ ἐν τοῖσι στήθεσι τοὺσ ὀφθαλμοὺσ ἔχοντεσ, ὡσ δὴ λέγονταί γε ὑπὸ Λιβύων, καὶ οἱ ἄγριοι ἄνδρεσ καὶ γυναῖκεσ ἄγριαι, καὶ ἄλλα πλήθεϊ πολλὰ θηρία ἀκατάψευστα. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 4, chapter 191 5:1)
  • γίνονται δέ, φησί, καὶ σφίγγεσ καὶ κυνοκέφαλοι καὶ κῆβοι λέοντοσ μὲν πρόσωπον ἔχοντεσ τὸ δὲ λοιπὸν σῶμα πάνθηροσ, μέγεθοσ δὲ δορκάδοσ· (Strabo, Geography, book 16, chapter 4 31:8)

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