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κυνόμυια

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: κυνόμυια κυνομυίας

Structure: κυνομυι (Stem) + α (Ending)

Etym.: = kuna/muia, Anth., Luc.

Sense

  1. dog-fly

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative κυνόμυια κυνομυίᾱ κυνόμυιαι
Genitive κυνομυίᾱς κυνομυίαιν κυνομυιῶν
Dative κυνομυίᾱͅ κυνομυίαιν κυνομυίαις
Accusative κυνόμυιαν κυνομυίᾱ κυνομυίᾱς
Vocative κυνόμυια κυνομυίᾱ κυνόμυιαι

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

  • καὶ παραδοξάσω ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ τὴν γῆν Γεσέμ, ἐφ̓ ἧσ ὁ λαόσ μου ἔπεστιν ἐπ̓ αὐτῆσ, ἐφ̓ ἧσ οὐκ ἔσται ἐκεῖ ἡ κυνόμυια, ἵνα εἰδῇσ ὅτι ἐγώ εἰμι Κύριοσ ὁ Θεὸσ πάσησ τῆσ γῆσ. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 8:18)
  • ἐποίησε δὲ Κύριοσ οὕτωσ, καὶ παρεγένετο ἡ κυνόμυια πλῆθοσ εἰσ τοὺσ οἴκουσ Φαραὼ καὶ εἰσ τοὺσ οἴκουσ τῶν θεραπόντων αὐτοῦ καὶ εἰσ πᾶσαν τὴν γῆν Αἰγύπτου, καὶ ἐξωλοθρεύθη ἡ γῆ ἀπὸ τῆσ κυνομυίησ. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 8:20)
  • εἶπε δὲ Μωυσῆσ. Ὅδεἐγὼ ἐξελεύσομαι ἀπὸ σοῦ καὶ εὔξομαι πρὸσ τὸν Θεόν, καὶ ἀπελεύσεται ἡ κυνόμυια καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν θεραπόντων σου καὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ λαοῦ σου αὔριον. μὴ προσθῇσ ἔτι, Φαραώ, ἐξαπατῆσαι τοῦ μὴ ἐξαποστεῖλαι τὸν λαὸν θῦσαι Κυρίῳ. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 8:25)
  • εἶπε, καὶ ἦλθε κυνόμυια καὶ σκνῖπεσ ἐν πᾶσι τοῖσ ὁρίοισ αὐτῶν. (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 104:31)
  • ὦ γαστὴρ κυνόμυια, δι’ ἣν κόλακεσ παράσιτοι ζωμοῦ πωλοῦσιν θεσμὸν ἐλευθερίησ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume V, book 16, chapter 91)

Synonyms

  1. dog-fly

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