κυνάμυια: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[<b class="b3">νᾰ], ἡ</b>, [[dog-fly]], i.e. [[shameless fly]], abusive [[epithet]] applied by Ares to Athena, and by Hera to Aphrodite, <span class="bibl">Il.21.394</span>, <span class="bibl">421</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Ath.3.126a</span>, <span class="bibl">4.157a</span>:—later κυνόμυια, <span class="bibl">Ezek.<span class="title">Exag.</span>138</span>, <span class="title">AP</span>11.265 (Lucill.), <span class="bibl">Ael.<span class="title">NA</span>4.51</span>, <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Gall.</span>31</span>, etc.; ὦ γαστὴρ κυνόμυια <span class="title">APl.</span> 1.9; of the plague of flies in Egypt, <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">Ex.</span>8.21</span> (<span class="bibl">17</span>), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ps.</span>77(78).45</span>.