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κύων , κυνός, acc. κύνα, voc. κύον, pl. dat. κύνεσσι: dog, bitch;
κύνες θηρευταί, τραπεζῆες,
‘hunting’ and ‘lapdogs,’
Ἀίδα_ο, i. e. Cerberus, Il. 8.368, Od.
11.623; ‘sea-dog,’ perhaps seal, Od. 12.96; dog of Orīon, Sirius,
Il. 22.29; as symbol of
shamelessness, applied to women and others, Il. 13.623
; λυσσητήρ, ‘raging
hound,’ Il.
8.299.
Georg Autenrieth. A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges. New York. Harper and Brothers. 1891.
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