κυνηγέτης

in κ

COMPOUND: κυνηγέτης, -ου
CATEGORIZATION: N [N+V+Suf]
MEANING: ‘huntsman’
ETYMOLOGY: noun root κυν- (κύων) ‘dog’ + verbal root ἀγ- (ἄγω) ‘lead, carry, bring’+ -ε- + m. noun suf. -της
OCCURRENCE: Od. IX 120
CASE/GENDER/NUMBER: nom. m. pl
HEADEDNESS: exocentric
CLASSIFICATION: subordinate (V-argument) – tatpuruṣa (V-governing)
NOTES: lengthening -α->-η- in compounding; -ε- linking element