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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

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

  • εἰ μὲν ἐπ’ ἀττελάβουσ ἄγεται στρατόσ, ἢ κυνομυίασ, ἢ μύασ, ἢ ψυλλῶν ἱππικὸν ἢ βατράχων, Γάιε, καὶ σὺ φοβοῦ μὴ καὶ σέ τισ ἐγκαταλέξῃ, ὡσ ἂν τῆσ τούτων ἄξιον ὄντα μάχησ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 11, chapter 2651)

Synonyms

  1. dog-fly

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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