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† cynŏcĕphălēa (-līa), ae, f. (cynŏ-cĕphălĭon, ii, n., App. Herb. 87), = κυνοκεφάλαιον, dog’s-head, a magical plant, called also osiritis, Plin. 30, 2, 6, § 18.

† cynŏcĕphălus, i, m., = κυνοκέφαλος.

  1. 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.
  2. II. The dog-headed Anubis, Tert. Apol. 6.
  3. III. A kind of wild man, Isid. Orig. 11, 3, 15; 12, 2, 32.