cynocephalus

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

cynŏcĕphălus, i, m., = κυνοκέφαλος.

I An ape with a dog's head (in Africa): Simia inuus, Linn.; Plin. 6, 30, 35, § 190; 8, 54, 80, § 216; 37, 9, 40, § 124; Cic. Att. 6, 1, 25.—

II The dog-headed Anubis , Tert. Apol. 6.—

III A kind of wild man , Isid. Orig. 11, 3, 15; 12, 2, 32.

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