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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

  • μ ὅτι τάδε λέγει Κύριοσ. ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ ἐξολοθρεύσω τοῦ Ἱεροβοὰμ οὐροῦντα πρὸσ τοῖχον, καὶ ἔσονται οἱ τεθνηκότεσ τοῦ Ἱεροβοὰμ ἐν τῇ πόλει καταφάγονται οἱ κύνεσ, καὶ τὸν τεθνηκότα ἐν τῷ ἀγρῷ καταφάγεται τὰ πετεινὰ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, καὶ τὸ παιδάριον κόψονται. οὐαὶ Κύριε, ὅτι εὑρέθη ἐν αὐτῷ ρῆμα καλὸν περὶ τοῦ Κυρίου. (Septuagint, Liber I Regum 12:36)
  • οἱ τεθνηκότεσ τοῦ Ἱεροβοὰμ ἐν τῇ πόλει, καταφάγονται οἱ κύνεσ, καὶ τὸν τεθνηκότα ἐν τῷ ἀγρῷ καταφάγονται τὰ πετεινὰ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, ὅτι Κύριοσ ἐλάλησε. (Septuagint, Liber I Regum 14:23)
  • τὸν τεθνηκότα τοῦ Βαασὰ ἐν τῇ πόλει καταφάγονται αὐτὸν οἱ κύνεσ, καὶ τὸν τεθνηκότα αὐτοῦ ἐν τῷ πεδίῳ καταφάγονται αὐτὸν τὰ πετεινὰ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber I Regum 16:4)
  • καὶ λαλήσεισ πρὸσ αὐτὸν λέγων. τάδε λέγει Κύριοσ. ὡσ σὺ ἐφόνευσασ καὶ ἐκληρονόμησασ, διὰ τοῦτο τάδε λέγει Κύριοσ. ἐν παντὶ τόπῳ, ᾧ ἔλειξαν αἱ ὕεσ καὶ οἱ κύνεσ τὸ αἷμα Ναβουθαί, ἐκεῖ λείξουσιν οἱ κύνεσ τὸ αἷμα σου, καὶ αἱ πόρναι λούσονται ἐν τῷ αἵματί σου. (Septuagint, Liber I Regum 20:19)

Synonyms

  1. a dog

  2. a bitch

  3. a bitch

  4. an offensive person

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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