Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

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

  • 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 Τυδεί̈δησ 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

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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