Κύνειρον
dog-like (?)
Translated by David Whitehead12 Dec 2007Vetting: high7 revisions
Translation
[no gloss]
Greek original · Adler’s text
Κύνειρον.
Betacode
*ku/neiron.
Notes
- The only other attestation of this (unglossed) headword
ku/neiron is the one noted by Adler: Theognostus, Canones 121 (= Anecdota Oxoniensia [ed. Cramer] 2.21.23), where it seems to be an adjective -- in either the masculine accusative singular or the neuter nominative/accusative singular -- glossed asa(palo/n ('soft', in a bad way).
It is unclear whether there is a connection with the feminine nounku/neira 'dog-leash', attested in Attic Comedy (Adespota fr. 1056 Kock, now 217 K.-A.) as a punning reference to the cunt; J. Henderson, The Maculate Muse (New Haven 1971) 133 #119.