κύντερος

kynteros

more dog-like

Appears 5 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Odyssey 3
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Book 7 1
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7216
Book 11 1
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11427
Book 20 1
Chapter ?

2018
Iliad 2
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Book 8 1
Chapter ?

8483
Book 10 1
Chapter ?

10503

Dictionary (LSJ)

κύντερος, α, ον, Comp. Adj. formed from κύων, A. more dog-like, i.e. more shameless (cf. κύων II), Hom. only in neut., ἐπεὶ οὐ σέο κύντερον ἄλλο Il. 8.483; οὐ . . κ. ἄλλο γυναικός Od. 11.427; οὐ γάρ τι στυγερῇ ἐπὶ γαστέρι κ. ἄλλο 7.216; more horrible, κ. ἄλλο ποτʼ ἔτλης 20.18: later in masc., κυνῶν κύντερος Anon. ap. Suid. s.v. Διονυσίων. 2. Sup. κύντατος, η, ον, μερμήριζε . . , ὅ τι κύντατον ἔρδοι Il. 10.503; κ. ἐνιαυτός h.Cer. 306; κ. ἀνδρῶν A.R. 3.192; once in Trag., τὰ κ. ἄλγη κακῶν E. Supp. 807 (lyr.); in later Prose, Phld. Ir.p.24 W. II. Comp. κυντερώτερος A. Fr. 432, Pherecr. 106: Sup. κυντατώτατος Eub. 85, but κυντότατος Arist. Fr. 77.

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