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Κυνόμυια · dog-fly (κ 2716) · Suda

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Near κ2716

κ2712Cynicism
κ2713Kynthos' children, Cynthus' children
κ2714dogshead
κ2715I will dog-whip you on the back
κ2716dog-fly
κ2717dog-eyed
κ2718dog-ticks
κ2719of dog-ticks
κ2720Kynosarges, Cynosarges

Suda/Κ kappa/κ2716

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Κυνόμυια

dog-fly

Translated by David Whitehead12 Dec 2007Vetting: high4 revisions

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Translation

[Meaning] she who is shameless.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Κυνόμυια· ἡ ἀναιδής.

Betacode

*kuno/muia: h( a)naidh/s.

Notes

Abusive epithet found first in Homer (by various deities of each other) with the spelling kuna/muia. Already glossed at kappa 2693, q.v. for further references.
With this spelling it occurs frequently in the Septuagint, e.g. Exodus 8:18.

Linked from1 entry

κ2693Κυνάμυιαdog-fly[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.

Neighbouring entries

κ2714Κυνοκέφαλοςdogshead κ2715Κυνοκοπήσω σου τὸ νῶτονI will dog-whip you on the back κ2716Κυνόμυιαdog-fly κ2717Κυνόπιδαdog-eyed κ2718Κυνοραϊσταίdog-ticks

Revision history4 revisions · last 22 Mar 2013

22 Mar 2013Revised — David Whitehead
12 Mar 2008augmented notes, added keyword, raised status — William Hutton
16 Dec 2007expanded note — David Whitehead
15 Dec 2007added note, set status — Catharine Roth
12 Dec 2007Translated — David Whitehead

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Κυνόμυια (Adler number kappa 2716), trans. David Whitehead, 12 Dec 2007. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/kappa/2716

Translation by David Whitehead for Suda On Line, revised by David Whitehead, William Hutton, Catharine Roth, licensed CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Shown unchanged, under the same licence, non-commercially. Original on SOL ↗