Προκύων
Προκύων, Procyon
Προκύων [ῠ], κῠνός, ὁ,
- the star Procyon, Arat. 450, Hipparch. 2.2.13, etc.; but of Sirius, Gal. 17(1).17.
- 2 πρόκυνες, οἱ, winds which precede the rising of Sirius, Adam. Vent. 41.
- II spaniel-like flatterer, ‘lap-dog’, Phld. Rh. 1.242 S., prob. l. for πρόσκυνες in Hippias Erythr. I: but πικροὶ Καλλιμάχου πρόκυνες, a description of the Grammarians, snappers and snarlers, AP 11.322 (Antiphan.).
Προ·κύων, -κυνος (ὁ) [ῠν] Prokyôn, constellation qui se lève avant la Canicule, Arat. 450, etc.
Προκύων
- IProcyon, a star which rises (about the middle of July) before the dog-star, Hor.
- IIπικροὶ Καλλιμάχου πρόκυνες, a nickname of the Grammarians, snappers and snarlers, Anth.