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κύων?

Third declension Noun; Masc/Fem 동물 Transliteration: kyōn

Principal Part: κύων κυνός

Structure: κυων (Stem)

Sense

  1. a dog
  2. a bitch
  3. (pejorative) a bitch (used of women, to denote shamelessness or audacity)
  4. an offensive person

Declension

Third 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

  • τοὶ δ ὠκύποδας λαγὸς ᾕρευν ἄνδρες θηρευταί, καὶ καρχαρόδοντε κύνε πρό, ἱέμενοι μαπέειν, οἳ δ ἱέμενοι ὑπαλύξαι. (Hesiod, Shield of Heracles, Book Sh. 26:14)
  • ὡς δ ὅτε καρχαρόδοντε δύω κύνε εἰδότε θήρης ἢ κεμάδ ἠὲ λαγωὸν ἐπείγετον ἐμμενὲς αἰεὶ χῶρον ἀν ὑλήενθ, ὃ δέ τε προθέῃσι μεμηκώς, ὣς τὸν Τυδεΐδης ἠδ ὃ πτολίπορθος Ὀδυσσεὺς λαοῦ ἀποτμήξαντε διώκετον ἐμμενὲς αἰεί. (Homer, Iliad, Book 10 40:9)

Synonyms

  1. a dog

  2. a bitch

  3. a bitch

  4. an offensive person

Related

명사

형용사

동사

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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