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κυνοκέφαλος

κυνοκέφαλος, dog-headed

κῠνο-κέφᾰλος, ον,
  • dog-headed: οἱ K., Dog-heads, name of a people, Hdt. 1.191, cf. Ctes. Fr. 57.22, A. Fr. 431.
      • 2 dog-faced baboon, Simia hamadryas, Pl. Tht. 161c, 166c, Arist. HA 502a19, etc.; sacred animal in Egypt, Luc. Tox. 28, JTr. 42.
      • 3 κυνοκέφαλον, τό, = ψύλλιον, Dsc. 4.69; = ἀντίρρινον, Xenocr. ap. Sch. Orib. 2.744. [κυνοκεφάλλῳ at the close of an iambic tetrameter, Ar. Eq. 416, where λλ is attested by Phryn. PS p.85 B., Phot.]

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