The Ancient Greek word for dog is
κύων
Translations for dog and their definitions
κύων | |
1. n. a dog | |
2. n. a bitch | |
3. n. (pejorative) a bitch (used of women, to denote shamelessness or audacity) | |
4. n. an offensive person | |
5. =Participle. present active infinitive of κύω |
σκύλαξ | |
1. n. young dog, whelp, puppy | |
2. n. dog | |
3. n. * (grc-cite, Euripides, The Bacchae, 338) | |
4. n. * (grc-cite, Plato, Republic, 375) | |
5. n. (of other young animals) whelp | |
6. n. a chain, a chain or collar for the neck | |
7. n. Hesychius defines it as (m, grc, σχῆμα) m, grc, ἀφροδισιακόν, , erotic dance? |
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