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κύων

Third declension Noun; Masc/Fem 동물 Transliteration:

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

  • καὶ ἐν πᾶσι τοῖσ υἱοῖσ Ἰσραὴλ οὐ γρύξει κύων τῇ γλώσσῃ αὐτοῦ ἀπὸ ἀνθρώπου ἕωσ κτήνουσ, ὅπωσ εἰδῇσ ὅσα παραδοξάσει Κύριοσ ἀνὰ μέσον τῶν Αἰγυπτίων καί τοῦ Ἰσραήλ. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 11:7)
  • καὶ κατήνεγκε τὸν λαὸν πρὸσ τὸ ὕδωρ. καὶ εἶπε Κύριοσ πρὸσ Γεδεών. πᾶσ, ὃσ ἂν λάψῃ τῇ γλώσσῃ αὐτοῦ ἀπὸ τοῦ ὕδατοσ ὡσ ἐὰν λάψῃ ὁ κύων, στήσεισ αὐτὸν κατὰ μόνασ, καὶ πᾶσ, ὃσ ἐὰν κλίνῃ ἐπὶ τὰ γόνατα αὐτοῦ πιεῖν. (Septuagint, Liber Iudicum 7:5)
  • καὶ εἶπεν ὁ ἀλλόφυλοσ πρὸσ Δαυίδ. ὡσεὶ κύων ἐγώ εἰμι, ὅτι σὺ ἔρχῃ ἐπ̓ ἐμὲ ἐν ράβδῳ καὶ λίθοισ̣ καὶ εἶπε Δαυίδ. οὐχί, ἀλλ̓ ἢ χείρων κυνόσ. καὶ κατηράσατο ὁ ἀλλόφυλοσ τὸν Δαυὶδ ἐν τοῖσ θεοῖσ αὐτοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber I Samuelis 17:22)
  • καὶ εἶπεν Ἀβεσσὰ υἱὸσ Σαρουί̈ασ πρὸσ τὸν βασιλέα. ἱνατί καταρᾶται ὁ κύων ὁ τεθνηκὼσ οὗτοσ τὸν κύριόν μου τὸν βασιλέα̣ διαβήσομαι δὴ καὶ ἀφελῶ τὴν κεφαλὴν αὐτοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber II Samuelis 16:9)
  • καὶ εἶπεν Ἀζαήλ. τίσ ἐστιν ὁ δοῦλόσ σου ὁ κύων ὁ τεθνηκώσ, ὅτι ποιήσει τὸ ρῆμα τοῦτο̣ καὶ εἶπεν Ἑλισαιέ. ἔδειξέ μοι Κύριόσ σε βασιλεύοντα ἐπὶ Συρίαν. (Septuagint, Liber II Regum 8:13)

Synonyms

  1. a dog

  2. a bitch

  3. a bitch

  4. an offensive person

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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