4.4.1
Logeion
Perseus analyses of κύνας:
κύων (dog, bitch): masc/fem acc pl
κύνᾱς,κυνάω (play the Cynic): imperf ind act 2nd sg (homeric ionic)
LSJ entries
κύων
κύων
[
ῠ],
ὁ
and
ἡ
,
both
in
Hom.
,
the
masc.
more
freq.,
gen.
κῠνός
,
dat.
κῠνί
,
acc.
κύνα
,
voc.
κύον
Il. 8.423
,
κύων
Archipp. 6
:
pl.,
nom.
κύνες
,
gen.
κυνῶν
,
dat.
κυσί
Il. 17.272
,
al.,
Ep.
κύνεσσι
I.4,
acc.
κύνας
:—
A.
dog,
bitch
,
Hom.
,
etc.;
of
shepherds’
dogs
,
Il. 10.183
,
12.303
;
watch-dogs
,
22.66
;
but
in
Hom.
more
freq.
of
hounds
,
Il. 8.338
,
al.;
κυσὶ
θηρευτῇσι
11.325
;
κύνε
εἰδότε
θήρης
10.360
;
later,
when
of
hounds
,
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
γεῦσαι
itʼs
ill
to
let
a
dog
‘taste
blood’,
Theoc. 10.11
;
νή
or
μὰ
τὸν
κύνα
was
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
δʼ
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
,
Baillet
Inscriptions
des
tombeaux
des
rois
172
.
III.
freq.
in
Mythology
of
the
servants,
agents
or
watchers
of
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
the
κύων
of
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.
Ἀΐδαο
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-fish
or
shark
,
Od. 12.96
,
cf.
Epich. 68
,
Cratin. 161
,
Arist. HA 566a31
;
κ.
ἄγριος,
κ.
γαλεός
and
κ.
κεντρίτης
or
κεντρίνη
,
Opp. H. 1.373
,
Ael. NA 1.55
;
ξιφίας
κ.
,
of
the
sword-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
κυνί
ib.
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
throw
at
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.
I),
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.)
κῠνάω
κυνάω
,
A.
=
κυνίζω,
play
the
Cynic
,
Luc. Demon. 21
.