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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 ἐκδικήσω ἐπ’ αὐτοὺσ τέσσαρα εἴδη, λέγει Κύριοσ. τὴν μάχαιραν εἰσ σφαγὴν καὶ τοὺσ κύνασ εἰσ διασπασμὸν καὶ τὰ θηρία τῆσ γῆσ καὶ τὰ πετεινὰ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ εἰσ βρῶσιν καὶ εἰσ διαφθοράν. (Septuagint, Liber Ieremiae 15:3)
  • ἄχρι δὴ συνελθόντασ τοὺσ κύνασ πρὸσ τὸν ἦχον ‐ πολλοὶ δὲ ἦσαν αὐτόθι ‐ διασπάσασθαι αὐτόν, ὡσ τοῦτο γοῦν ὅμοιον τῷ Ὀρφεῖ παθεῖν καὶ μόνουσ ἐφ’ ἑαυτὸν συγκαλέσαι τοὺσ κύνασ. (Lucian, Adversus indoctum et libros multos ementem, (no name) 12:2)
  • κύνασ καὶ τὰ λοιπὰ ζῷα μέτειμι· (Lucian, Cataplus, (no name) 21:10)
  • γίγνονται δὲ καὶ μέγισταί τινεσ μυῖαι, ἃσ στρατιώτιδασ οἱ πολλοὶ καλοῦσιν, οἱ δὲ κύνασ, τραχύταται τὸν βόμβον καὶ τὴν πτῆσιν ὠκύταται, αἵ γε καὶ μακροβιώταταὶ εἰσιν καὶ τοῦ χειμῶνοσ ὅλου ἄσιτοι διακαρτεροῦσιν ὑπεπτηχυῖαι τοῖσ ὀρόφοισ μάλιστα, ἐφ’ ὧν κἀκεῖνο θαυμάζειν ἄξιον, ὅτι ἀμφότερα, καὶ τὰ θηλειῶν καὶ τὰ ἀρρένων, δρῶσιν καὶ βαινόμεναι καὶ ^ βαίνοντεσ ἐν τῷ μέρει κατὰ τὸν Ἑρμοῦ καὶ Ἀφροδίτησ παῖδα τὸν μικτὸν τὴν φύσιν καὶ διττὸν τὸ κάλλοσ. (Lucian, Muscae Encomium, (no name) 12:1)
  • Περεγρίνου δὲ τοῦ Πρωτέωσ ἐπιτιμῶντοσ αὐτῷ, ὅτι ἐγέλα τὰ πολλὰ καὶ τοῖσ ἀνθρώποισ προσέπαιζε, καὶ λέγοντοσ, Δημῶναξ, οὐ κυνᾷσ, ἀπεκρίνατο, Περεγρῖνε, οὐκ ἀνθρωπίζεισ. (Lucian, (no name) 21:1)

Synonyms

  1. a dog

  2. a bitch

  3. a bitch

  4. an offensive person

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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