dog, bitch
κύων[ῠ], ὁandἡ, both in Hom. , the masc. more freq., gen.κῠνός, dat.κῠνί, acc.κύνα, voc.
A.
κύον
Il. 8.423
, κύων
Archipp. 6
: pl., nom.κύνες, gen.κυνῶν, dat. κυσί
Il. 17.272
, al., Ep.
κύνεσσι
1.4
, acc.κύνας:—dog, bitch, Hom. , etc.; ofshepherds' dogs, Il. 10.183 , 12.303 ;watch-dogs, 22.66 ; but in Hom. more freq. ofhounds, Il. 8.338 , al.; κυσὶ θηρευτῇσι
11.325
; κύνε εἰδότε θήρης
10.360
; later, when ofhounds, mostly in fem., S. Aj. 8 , E. Hipp. 18 , etc.; κ. Λάκαινα
Pi. Fr. 106
, S.l.c., X. Cyn. 10.1 , cf. Arist. HA 608a27 , al.;Μολοττικαὶ κ.Alexis Hist. ap. Ath. 12.54o d, etc.; but Ἰνδικοί
Arist. GA 746a34
, cf. Hdt. 1.192 : prov.,κυσὶν πεινῶσιν οὐχὶ βρώσιμα'not fit for a dog', Com.Adesp. 1205.4 ; χεῖρον ἐρεθίσαι γραῦν ἢ κύνα
Men. 802
;κύνα δέρειν δεδαρμένην'flog a dead horse', Pherecr. 179 ;ἡ κ. κατακειμένη ἐν τῇ φάτνῃ'dog in the manger', Luc. Ind. 30 , al.;χαλεπὸν χορίω κύνα γεῦσαιit's ill to let a dog 'taste blood', Theoc. 10.11 ;νήorμὰ τὸν κύναwas a favourite oath of Socrates, Pl. Ap. 22a (cf. Sch.), Grg. 482b ; used familiarly at Athens, Ar. V. 83 ;οἷς ἦν μέγιστος ὅρκος . . κύων, ἔπειτα χήν: θεοὺς δ' ἐσίγων, of primitive men, Cratin. 231 .
II. as a word of reproach, freq. in Hom. of women, to denote shamelessness or audacity; applied by Helen to herself, Il. 6.344 , 356 ; by Iris to Athena, 8.423 ; by Hera to Artemis, 21.481 : of the maids in the house of Odysseus, Od. 18.338 , al.: later, in a coarse sense, Ar. V. 1402 ;ἡ ῥαψῳδὸς κ., of the Sphinx, S. OT 391 , cf. A. Fr. 236 (lyr.); of men, κακαὶ κ.
Il. 13.623
; implying recklessness, 8.299 , 527 , Od. 17.248 , 22.35 ; also of offensive persons, compared to yapping dogs, LXX Ps. 21(22).17 , Ep.Phil. 3.2 ;κ. λαίθαργος,
= λαθροδήκτης , metaph., of a person, S. Fr. 885 , cf. E. Fr. 555 : prov., μὴ δῶτε τὸ ἅγιον τοῖς κ.
Ev.Matt. 7.6
.
2. metaph., of persons,watch-dog, guardian,τῶν σταθμῶν κ., of Agamemnon, A. Ag. 896 ;δωμάτων κ., of Clytemnestra, ib. 607 , cf. Ar. Eq. 1023 .
3. of the Cynics, ἀρέσκει τούτοις κυνῶν μεταμφιέννυσθαι βίον
Phld. Sto.Herc. 339.8
: hence,Cynic philosopher, Arist. Rh. 1411a24 , AP 7.65 (Antip.), 413 (Id.), Plu. 2.717c , Ath. 5.216b , Epigr. ap. D.L. 6.19 , 60 , BailletInscriptions des tombeaux des rois
172 .
III. freq. in Mythology of theservants, agentsorwatchersof the gods,Διὸς πτηνὸς κύων, of the eagle, A. Pr. 1022 , cf. Ag. 136 (lyr.), S. Fr. 884 ; of the griffins, Ζηνὸς ἀκραγεῖς κ.
A. Pr. 803
; of the Furies, μετάδρομοι . . πανουργημάτων ἄφυκτοι κ.
S. El. 1388
(lyr.), cf. A. Ch. 924 , E. Fr. 383 ; Pan is theκύωνof Cybele, Pi. Fr. 96 : Pythag. ,Περσεφόνης κύνες, of the planets, Arist. Fr. 196 : so Com.,Ἡφαίστου κ., of sparks, Alex. 149.16 ; of various mythical beings, as Cerberus, κ. Ἀί̈δαο
Il. 8.368
, cf. Od. 11.623 , X. An. 6.2.2 ; Harpies, A.R. 2.289 ; of Hecate, in Mithraic worship, Porph. Abst. 4.16 ; of the Βάκχαι, Λύσσας κ.
E. Ba. 977
(lyr.);Λέρνας κ., of the hydra, Id. HF 420 (lyr.); of a great fish, Τρίτωνος κ.
Lyc. 34
.
IV. dog-fishorshark, Od. 12.96 , cf. Epich. 68 , Cratin. 161 , Arist. HA 566a31 ;κ. ἄγριος, κ. γαλεόςandκ. κεντρίτηςorκεντρίνη, Opp. H. 1.373 , Ael. NA 1.55 ;ξιφίας κ., of thesword-fish, Anaxipp. 2.3 .
V.
= σείριος (q.v.),dog-star, i.e.the hound of Orion, Il. 22.29 ; in full, σειρίου κυνὸς δίκην
S. Fr. 803
, cf. A. Ag. 967 ; κυνὸς ψυχρὰν δύσιν
S. Fr. 432.11
; πρὸ τοῦ κυνός
Eup. 147
;μετὰ κυνὸς ἐπιτολήν, περὶ κ. ἐ., Arist. Mete. 361b35 , HA 602a26 ;ἐπὶ κυνίib. 600a4 , Syngr. ap. D. 35.13 ; ὑπὸ κύνα
Arist. HA 547a14
, D.S. 19.109 ; περὶ κύνα
Thphr. CP 3.3.3
; μετὰ κύνα
Id. HP 1.9.5
; also of the whole constellation, Arat. 327 , Gal. 17(1).17 .
VI. the ace, the worst throwat dice, Poll. 9.100 , Eust. 1289.63 .
VII. frenum praeputii, Antyll. ap. Orib. 50.3.1 : with pun on the prov. ap.Pherecr.l.c. (supr. 1 ), Ar. Lys. 158 : with pun on signf.v, AP 5.104 (Marc. Arg.).
VIII. fetlock of a horse,
Hippiatr. 77 .
IX. unilateral facial paralysis, Gal. 8.573 .
X.
= ἀπομαγδαλία , Dsc. ap. Eust. 1857.19 .
XI. ξυλίνη κ.,
= κυνόσβατος , Orac. ap. Did ap. Ath. 2.70c .
XII. piece in the game of πόλεις, Cratin. 56.3 (dub.). (Cf. Skt.śvā, gen.śúnas, Lith.šuõ, gen.šuñs, Lat.canis, Goth.hunds(κύων), etc.)
