COMPOUND: κυνάμυια, -ας
CATEGORIZATION: N [N+N]
MEANING: ‘dog-fly, i.e. shameless fly’
ETYMOLOGY: noun root κυν- (κύων) ‘dog’ + μυῖα ‘fly’
OCCURRENCE: Il. XXI, 394, 421
CASE/GENDER/NUMBER: voc. f. sg., nom. sg.
HEADEDNESS: endocentric
CLASSIFICATION: determinative – karmadhāraya
NOTES: i.e. *kuwṇ- > κυνα- (Chantraine 1968: 604); accent shift; epith. of impudent women