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Προκύων

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τὸ μὴ γὰρ εἶναι κρεῖσσον ἢ τὸ ζῆν κακῶς → for it is better not to exist than to live in misery

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Transliteration A: Prokýōn Transliteration B: Prokyōn Transliteration C: Prokyon Beta Code: *proku/wn

English (LSJ)

[ῠ], κῠνός, ὁ, the star

   A Procyon, Arat.450, Hipparch.2.2.13, etc.; but of Sirius, Gal.17(1).17.    2 πρόκυνες, οἱ, winds which precede the rising of Sirius, Adam.Vent.41.    II spaniel-like flatterer, 'lap-dog', Phld.Rh.1.242 S., prob. l. for πρόσκυνες in Hippias Erythr. I: but πικροὶ Καλλιμάχου πρόκυνες, a description of the Grammarians, snappers and snarlers, AP11.322 (Antiphan.).

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