ΚΥΝΟΜΥΙΗΣ, κυνομυιης
KYNOMUIĒS, kynomuiēs
Sounds Like: koo-no-MOO-ee-ays
Translations: dog-fly, a dog-fly, gadfly, a gadfly, horsefly, a horsefly
From the root: ΚΥΝΟΜΥΙΑ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This is a compound noun referring to a type of biting fly, often translated as 'dog-fly', 'gadfly', or 'horsefly'. It describes an insect that is particularly bothersome or aggressive, similar to how a dog might be. It is used to denote a plague of such insects.
Inflection: Singular, Genitive, Feminine
Instances
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΥΝΟΜΥΙΑ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΚΥΝΟΜΥΙΑΝ — dog-fly, a dog-fly, gadfly, a gadfly, gnat, a gnat, swarm of flies, a swarm of flies
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