κυνέω

kyneo

kiss

Appears 14 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Odyssey 11
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Book 5 1
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5463
Book 13 1
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13354
Book 14 1
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14279
Book 16 2
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1615
16190
Book 17 1
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1739
Book 19 1
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19417
Book 21 1
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21225
Book 24 3
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24236
24320
24398
Iliad 3
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Book 6 1
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6474
Book 8 1
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8371
Book 24 1
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24478

Dictionary (LSJ)

κυνέω, Ep. impf. κύνεον Od. 21.224: fut. κῠνήσομαι E. Cyc. 172; later κύσω [ῠ], poet. κύσσω Babr. 129.17: aor. ἐκύνησα v.l. in Arist. HA 560b31; Poet. ἔκῠσα, Ep. κύσα, ἔκυσσα, κύσσα, v. infr.:—A. kiss, κάρη δʼ ἔκυσʼ Od. 23.208; λάβε γούνατα καὶ κύσε χεῖρας Il. 24.478; κύνεον . . κεφαλήν τε καὶ ὤμους Od. 21.224: c. acc. pers. et partis, κύσσε δέ μιν κεφαλήν 16.15, cf. 19.417; Τηλέμαχον . . δῖος ὑφορβὸς πάντα κύσεν 16.21; κύσον με Ar. Nu. 81, cf. Av. 141, etc.; κ. τινὰ χειρός A.R. 1.313: pres. in E. Alc. 183, Med. 1141, Ar. Ach. 1208, Pax 1138 (lyr.): —rare in Prose, Luc. Alex. 55; κ. [ἀλλήλας], of pigeons, bill, Arist. l.c. 2. = προσκυνέω, E. Cyc. l.c., AP 6.283.

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