κυνοκέφαλος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
A compound of κύων (kúōn, “dog”) + κέφαλος (képhalos, “head”)
Noun
κυνοκέφαλος • (kunoképhalos) m (genitive κυνοκέφαλου); second declension
- cynocephalus, doghead
- baboon
- Aristotle Historia Animalum 502a.16.
References
- “κυνοκέφαλος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “κυνοκέφαλος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- κυνοκέφαλος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette