kunos

κύων [ῠ], ὁ
and ἡ, both in Refs 8th c.BC+, vocative κύον Refs 8th c.BC+, Epic dialect κύνεσσι Refs:—dog, bitch, Refs 8th c.BC+; of shepherds' dogs, Refs 8th c.BC+; watch-dogs, Refs; but in Refs 8th c.BC+ more frequently of hounds, Refs 8th c.BC+; later, when of hounds, mostly in feminine, Refs 5th c.BC+; Μολοττικαὶ κ. Alexis Hist. cited in Refs 5th c.BC+ 'not fit for a dog', Refs 4th c.BC+; κύνα δέρειν δεδαρμένην 'flog a dead horse', Refs 5th c.BC+; ἡ κ. κατακειμένη ἐν τῇ φάτνῃ 'dog in the manger', Refs 2nd c.AD+; χαλεπὸν χορίω κύνα γεῦσαι it's ill to let a dog 'taste blood', Refs 3rd c.BC+; νή or μὰ τὸν κύνα was a favourite oath of Socrates, Refs 5th c.BC+; used familiarly at Athens, Refs 5th c.BC+; οἷς ἦν μέγιστος ὅρκος.. κύων, ἔπειτα χήν· θεοὺς δ᾽ ἐσίγων, of primitive men, Refs 5th c.BC+
II as a word of reproach, frequently in Refs 8th c.BC+ of women, to denote shamelessness or audacity; applied by Helen to herself, Refs 8th c.BC+: of the maids in the house of Odysseus, Refs 8th c.BC+: later, in a coarse sense, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἡ ῥαψῳδὸς κ., of the Sphinx, Refs 5th c.BC+; of men, κακαὶ κ. Refs 8th c.BC+; also of offensive persons, compared to yapping dogs, LXX+NT; κ. λαίθαργος, ={λαθροδήκτης}, metaphorically, of a person, NT+5th c.BC+
II.2 metaphorically, of persons, watch-dog, guardian, τῶν σταθμῶν κ., of Agamemnon, Refs 4th c.BC+; δωμάτων κ., of Clytemnestra,Refs 5th c.BC+
II.3 of the Cynics, ἀρέσκει τούτοις κυνῶν μεταμφιέννυσθαι βίον Refs 1st c.BC+: hence, Cynic philosopher, Refs 4th c.BC+, Baillet Inscriptions des tombeaux des rois Refs
III frequently in Mythology of the servants, agents or watchers of the gods, Διὸς πτηνὸς κύων, of the eagle, Refs 5th c.BC+; of the griffins, Ζηνὸς ἀκραγεῖς κ. Refs 4th c.BC+; of the Furies, μετάδρομοι.. πανουργημάτων ἄφυκτοι κ. Refs 5th c.BC+; Pan is the κύων of Cybele, Refs 5th c.BC+, of the planets, Refs 4th c.BC+, of sparks, Refs 2nd c.AD+; of various mythical beings, as Cerberus, κ. Ἀΐδαο Refs 8th c.BC+; of Hecate, in Mithraic worship, Refs 3rd c.AD+; of the Βάκχαι, Λύσσας κ. Refs 5th c.BC+; Λέρνας κ., of the hydra, Refs; of a great fish, Τρίτωνος κ. Refs 3rd c.BC+
IV dog-fish or shark, Refs 8th c.BC+; κ. ἄγριος, κ. γαλεός and κ. κεντρίτης or κεντρίνη, Refs 2nd c.AD+; ξιφίας κ., of the sword-fish, Refs 4th c.BC+
V = {σείριος} (which see), dog-star, i.e. the hound of Orion, Refs 8th c.BC+; μετὰ κυνὸς ἐπιτολήν, περὶ κ. ἐ., Refs 4th c.BC+; also of the whole constellation, Refs 4th c.BC+
VI the ace, the worst throw at dice, Refs 2nd c.AD+
VII frenum praeputii, Refs 2nd c.AD+: with pun on the proverbial cited in Pherecr. [prev. cited] (above Refs 5th c.BC+: with pun on significationsee, Refs
VIII fetlock of a horse, Refs
IX unilateral facial paralysis, Refs 2nd c.AD+
X ={ἀπομαγδαλία}, Refs 1st c.AD+
XI ξυλίνη κ., ={κυνόσβατος}, Oracle texts cited in Did cited in Refs 2nd c.AD+
XII piece in the game of πόλεις, Refs 5th c.BC+. (Cf. Sanskrit śvā, genitive śúnas, Lithuanian šuõ, genitive šuñs, Latin canis, Gothic hunds (κύων), etc.)

H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.