A.dog-like, “θηρίον” Arist.GA746a35, cf. Heraclit.Incred.2; “αἰδοῖον” Arist.HA502b24 (Comp.); ὄρεξις ravenous, Gal.7.131, cf. Alex.Trall.7.1. Adv. -“δῶς” Antyll. ap. Orib.6.23.5.
II. metaph., despicable, Phld.Rh.2.175 S., Piet.95 (Sup.); currish, ill-tempered, Id.Lib.p.44 O.