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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

  • χωρὶσ γὰρ τῶν περικλυζομένων τόπων ἐν τῷ καλουμένῳ Δέλτα τὰσ ἄλλασ εἶναι νήσουσ πλείουσ τῶν ἑπτακοσίων, ὧν τὰσ μὲν ὑπὸ Αἰθιόπων ἐπαντλουμένασ γεωργεῖσθαι κέγχρῳ, τὰσ δὲ πλήρεισ ὑπάρχειν ὄφεων καὶ κυνοκεφάλων καὶ ἄλλων θηρίων παντοδαπῶν, καὶ διὰ τοῦτο ἀπροσίτουσ εἶναι τοῖσ ἀνθρώποισ. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 1, chapter 33 4:2)
  • εἶθ’ ὁ Ἐλέφασ τὸ ὄροσ ἐκκείμενον εἰσ θάλατταν, καὶ διῶρυξ καὶ ἐφεξῆσ Ψυγμοῦ λιμὴν μέγασ καὶ ὕδρευμα τὸ κυνοκεφάλων καλούμενον, καὶ τελευταῖον ἀκρωτήριον τῆσ παραλίασ ταύτησ, τὸ Νότου κέρασ. (Strabo, Geography, book 16, chapter 4 28:26)

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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