κυναγός
ἀμήχανον δὲ παντὸς ἀνδρὸς ἐκμαθεῖν ψυχήν τε καὶ φρόνημα καὶ γνώμην, πρὶν ἂν ἀρχαῖς τε καὶ νόμοισιν ἐντριβὴς φανῇ → hard it is to learn the mind of any mortal or the heart, 'till he be tried in chief authority | it is impossible to know fully any man's character, will, or judgment, until he has been proved by the test of rule and law-giving
English (LSJ)
Dor. for κυνηγός, (ἄγω)
A hound-leader, i.e. huntsman, A. Ag.695 (lyr.), etc.; as Adj., τὴν κυναγὸν Ἄρτεμιν S.El.563; κυναγὲ παρσένε huntress-maid, Ar.Lys.1270 (lyr.); Ἔρως ὁ Κύπριδος κ. Tim. Com.2:—fem. κυνηγίς, ίδος, huntress, name of a comedy by Philetaerus; also (sc. ναῦς), hunting-boat, Theb.Ostr.77 (i A.D.).— Trag. and Com. use κυνᾱγός even in trim., cf. Phryn.399, and v. κυνηγία:—later κυνηγός Arist.HA579b28, Callix.2, PPetr.3p.115 (iii B.C.), SIG459.2 (Beroea, iii B.C.), D.S.2.25, Plu.Luc.8; = Lat. bestiarius, gladiator who fights with beasts, Just.Nov.115.3.10; κυνᾱγός in this sense, Milet.1(9).314.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1531] dor. u. poet. = κυνηγός.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
κῠνᾱγός: Δωρ. ἀντὶ κυνηγός, (ἄγω) ὁ ὁδηγῶν ἢ ἄγων τοὺς κυνηγετικοὺς κύνας, κυνηγὸς ὡς καὶ νῦν, Αἰσχύλ. Ἀγ. 694, κτλ.· τὴν κυναγὸν Ἄρτεμιν Σοφ. Ἠλ. 563· οὕτως, κυναγὲ παρσένε, παρθένε κυνηγέ, Ἀριστοφ. Λυσ. 1272· ― θηλ. κυνηγίς, ίδος, ὄνομα κωμῳδίας τινὸς τοῦ Φιλεταίρου. ― Ὁ τύπος κυνηγὸς φαίνεται πρῶτον παρ’ Ἀριστ. π. τὰ Ζ. Ἱστ. 6. 32, 3. Οἱ Ἀττ. ποιηταὶ ἀείποτε χρῶνται τῷ τύπῳ κυνᾱγὸς ἔτι καὶ ἐν ἰάμβοις, Φρύν. σ. 428, πρβλ. Πόρσ. εἰς Εὐρ. Ὀρέστ. 26, καὶ ἴδε ἐν λέξ. λοχαγός· πιθανῶς θὰ ἔλεγον καὶ κυνᾱγία, ὅπερ ἀπαντᾷ παρ’ Ἱππ. 109 (ἰαμβ.), καὶ οὕτω διώρθωσεν ὁ Elmsl. ἐν Βάκχ. 339, Σοφ. Αἴ. 37. Ἀλλ’ ὅμως ἀείποτε ἔλεγον κυνηγέτης, καὶ ὁ τύπος οὗτος ἦτο ὁ συνήθης ἐν τῷ πεζῷ λόγῳ.
