κύων [ῠ], ὁ
and ἡ, both in [
Refs 8th c.BC+],
vocative κύον [
Refs 8th c.BC+],
Epic dialect κύνεσσι [
Refs]:—
dog, bitch, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; of
shepherds' dogs, [
Refs 8th c.BC+];
watch-dogs, [
Refs]; but in [
Refs 8th c.BC+] more frequently of
hounds, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; later, when of
hounds, mostly in
feminine, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; Μολοττικαὶ κ. Alexis Hist. cited in [
Refs 5th c.BC+] 'not fit for a dog', [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; κύνα δέρειν δεδαρμένην 'flog a dead horse', [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ κ. κατακειμένη ἐν τῇ φάτνῃ 'dog in the manger', [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]; χαλεπὸν χορίω κύνα γεῦσαι it's ill to let a dog 'taste blood', [
Refs 3rd c.BC+]; νή or μὰ τὸν κύνα was a favourite oath of Socrates, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; used familiarly at Athens, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; οἷς ἦν μέγιστος ὅρκος.. κύων, ἔπειτα χήν· θεοὺς δ᾽ ἐσίγων, of primitive men, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II as a word of reproach, frequently in [
Refs 8th c.BC+] of women, to denote shamelessness or audacity; applied by Helen to herself, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]: of the maids in the house of Odysseus, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]: later, in a coarse sense, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ ῥαψῳδὸς κ., of the Sphinx, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; of men, κακαὶ κ. [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; also of offensive persons, compared to yapping dogs, [
LXX+NT]; κ. λαίθαργος, =λαθροδήκτης,
metaphorically, of a person, [
NT+5th c.BC+]
II.2 metaphorically, of persons,
watch-dog, guardian, τῶν σταθμῶν κ., of Agamemnon, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; δωμάτων κ., of Clytemnestra,[
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.3 of the Cynics, ἀρέσκει τούτοις κυνῶν μεταμφιέννυσθαι βίον [
Refs 1st c.BC+]: hence,
Cynic philosopher, [
Refs 4th c.BC+], Baillet
Inscriptions des tombeaux des rois [
Refs]
III frequently in Mythology of the
servants, agents or
watchers of the gods, Διὸς πτηνὸς κύων, of the eagle, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; of the griffins, Ζηνὸς ἀκραγεῖς κ. [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; of the Furies, μετάδρομοι.. πανουργημάτων ἄφυκτοι κ. [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; Pan is the κύων of Cybele, [
Refs 5th c.BC+], of the planets, [
Refs 4th c.BC+], of sparks, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]; of various mythical beings, as Cerberus, κ. Ἀΐδαο [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; of Hecate, in Mithraic worship, [
Refs 3rd c.AD+]; of the Βάκχαι, Λύσσας κ. [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; Λέρνας κ., of the hydra, [
Refs]; of a great fish, Τρίτωνος κ. [
Refs 3rd c.BC+]
IV dog-fish or
shark, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; κ. ἄγριος, κ. γαλεός and κ. κεντρίτης or κεντρίνη, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]; ξιφίας κ., of the
sword-fish, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
V = σείριος (which see),
dog-star, i.e.
the hound of Orion, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; μετὰ κυνὸς ἐπιτολήν, περὶ κ. ἐ., [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; also of the whole constellation, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
VI the ace, the worst throw at dice, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]
VII frenum praeputii, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]: with pun on the proverbial cited in Pherecr. [prev. cited] (above [
Refs 5th c.BC+]: with pun on
significationsee, [
Refs]
VIII fetlock of a horse, [
Refs]
IX unilateral facial paralysis, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]
X =ἀπομαγδαλία, [
Refs 1st c.AD+]
XI ξυλίνη κ., =κυνόσβατος, Oracle texts cited in Did cited in [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]
XII piece in the game of πόλεις, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]. (Cf. Sanskrit
śvā,
genitive śúnas, Lithuanian
šuõ,
genitive šuñs, Latin
canis, Gothic
hunds (κύων), etc.)
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