κῠνάμυια[νᾰ],ἡ ,
A. dog-fly, i.e.shameless fly, abusive epith. applied by Ares to Athena, and by Hera to Aphrodite, Il. 21.394 , 421 , cf. Ath. 3.126a , 4.157a :—laterκυνόμυια, Ezek. Exag. 138 , AP 11.265 ( Lucill. ), Ael. NA 4.51 , Luc. Gall. 31 , etc.; ὦ γαστὴρ κυνόμυια
APl. 1.9
; of the plague of flies in Egypt, LXX Ex. 8.21 ( 17 ), Ps. 77(78).45 .