Κυνάμυια
dog-fly
Translated by William Hutton12 Mar 2008Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
[Meaning she who is] most/very shameless. [Homer] has coined the word from 'dog' [kun- ] and 'fly' [mui/a ]. For the dog [is] shameless and the fly bold.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Κυνάμυια· ἀναιδεστάτη. παρεσχημάτικε τὸ ὄνομα ἀπὸ τοῦ κυνὸς καὶ τῆς μυίας. ὁ μὲν γὰρ κύων ἀναιδής, ἡ δὲ μυῖα θρασεῖα.
Betacode
*kuna/muia: a)naidesta/th. paresxhma/tike to\ o)/noma a)po\ tou= kuno\s kai\ th=s mui/as. o( me\n ga\r ku/wn a)naidh/s, h( de\ mui=a qrasei=a.
Notes
- Homer uses the word as a term of abuse at Iliad 21.394 (Web address 1) and 21.421 (Web address 2) in reference to Athena and Aphrodite respectively. Cf. Aristonicus, De signis Iliadis on 21.394; Apollonius, Homeric Lexicon 105.12; scholia ad locc. More remotely: Hesychius kappa4561 and kappa4602, Etymologicum Magnum 545.47. The word is also spelled
kuno/muia in later sources: kappa 2716 (= Hesychius kappa4602).
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
- Web address 2 perseus.tufts.edu
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Revision history4 revisions · last 12 Apr 2015
- coding — Catharine Roth
- restored links — Catharine Roth
- tweaking — David Whitehead
- another keyword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — William Hutton