Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

κυνοπρόσωπος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: κυνοπρόσωπος κυνοπρόσωπον

Structure: κυνοπροσωπ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: pro/swpon

Sense

  1. dog-faced

Examples

  • ὁ μέντοι Ἑρμῆσ τί παθὼν μεταβέβληκεν ἑαυτὸν καὶ ἀντὶ νεανίου κυνοπρόσωποσ γεγένηται; (Lucian, Dialogi Marini, notus and zephuros, chapter 2 1:1)

Synonyms

  1. dog-faced

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

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