κυναγός
Ubi idem et maximus et honestissimus amor est, aliquando praestat morte jungi, quam vita distrahi → Where indeed the greatest and most honourable love exists, it is much better to be joined by death, than separated by life.
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.
French (Bailly abrégé)
dor. c. κυνηγός.
Étymologie: κύων, ἄγω.
