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The word cynocephaly is taken (through Latin) from the Greek word κυνοκέφαλοι kynokephaloi, plural of the word κυνοκέφαλος, [4] from kyno– (combining form of κύων kyōn) meaning "dog" and κεφαλή kephalē meaning "head". The same "dog" root is found in the name Cynomorpha ("dog-shaped") for a sub-group of the ...
The etymology of Cerberus' name is uncertain. Ogden [4] refers to attempts to establish an Indo-European etymology as "not yet successful". It has been claimed to be related to the Sanskrit word सर्वरा sarvarā, used as an epithet of one of the dogs of Yama, from a Proto-Indo-European word *k̑érberos, meaning "spotted". [5]
The parts of the head are the nose, muzzle, stop, forehead or braincase, occiput (highest point of the skull at the back of the head), ears, eyes, eyebrows or brows, whiskers, flews (lips, which may hang down), and cheeks. Dog heads are of three basic shapes: [4] Apple-headed refers to a dog's head that is round on top, not flat.
In ancient Egyptian religion, Aani or Aana is the dog-headed ape sacred to the Egyptian god Thoth. [1] [2] "One of the Egyptian names of the Cynocephalus Baboon, which was sacred to the god Thoth." [3] The Egyptian hieroglyphic word for "baboon" is jꜥnꜥ in the German style of transliteration.
Cynocephaly, a Greek word, literally meaning "dog-head", for a number of mythical creatures with the heads or faces of dogs; Philippine flying lemur (Cynocephalus volans), one of two species of flying lemurs; Yellow baboon (Papio cynocephalus), a baboon from the Old World monkey family; Kinda baboon (Papio cynocephalus kindae), a subspecies of ...
The Greek tradition interpreted this literally, which led to Byzantine icons often depicting St. Christopher with a dog's head. The Latin tradition moved in the opposite direction away from a literal translation of the original Greek term "dog-headed" (kunokephalos). The Latin tradition may have translated the term as "dog-like" (canineus).
“Copper is the top dog name in Alaska, while Boo is most popular in Hawaii,” U.S. News wrote in its report. “Lucy is the top favorite in Iowa, and Charlie is most popular in Nebraska and ...
"Anubis" is a Greek rendering of this god's Egyptian name. [6] [7] Before the Greeks arrived in Egypt, around the 7th century BC, the god was known as Anpu or Inpu. The root of the name in ancient Egyptian language means "a royal child." Inpu has a root to "inp", which means "to decay." The god was also known as "First of the Westerners," "Lord ...