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Cȳnŏs (-nŭs), i, f., = Κῦνος, a harbor of Locris, at the northern end of the Opuntian bay, Liv. 28, 6, 12; Mel. 2, 3, 4.

Cynŏsarges, is, n., a gymnasium near Athens sacred to Hercules, Liv. 31, 24, 18.

† cynosbătŏs, i, f., = κυνόσβατος.

  1. I. The dog-rose or wild-brier, Plin. 16, 37, 71, § 179; Col. 11, 3, 4; App. Herb. 87.
  2. II. Cynosbatos, also called cynapanxis or neurospastos, the black currant: Ribes nigrum, Linn.; Plin. 24, 14, 74, § 121; also called cynospastos (κυνόσπαστος), id. ib.
  3. III. The caper-bush: Capparis spinosa, Linn.; Plin. 13, 23, 44, § 127.

Cynoscĕphălae, ārum, f., = Κυνὸς κεφαλαί (dog’s-heads), name of two hills near Scotussa in Thessaly, Liv. 33, 7, 3; 33, 16, 1; 36, 8, 3.

cynos dexia, ae, f., = κυνὸς δεξιά, a sea-polypus, Plin. 32, 11, 53, § 147.

† cynŏsorchis, is, f., = κυνόσορχις, hound’s-cod, a plant, Plin. 27, 8, 42, § 65.

cynospastos, v. cynosbatos, II. fin.

Cynossēma, ātis, n., = κυνὸς σῆμα, a promontory of the Thracian Chersonese where Hecuba was buried, Plin. 4, 11, 18, § 49; Mel. 2, 2, 7; Sol. 10, 22; Mart. Cap. 6, § 658; cf. Ov. M. 13, 570.

1. Cynŏsūra, ae, f., = Κυνόσουρα (hound’s-tail).

  1. I. The constellation at the north pole, the Cynosura, or Lesser Bear, Cic. Ac. 2, 20, 66; id. poët. N. D. 2, 41, 105 and 106; Caes. Germ. Arat. 187; Ov. F. 3, 107 al.
    Hence,
    1. B. Cynŏsūris, ĭdis, f. adj., of or pertaining to the Cynosura: Ursa, the Lesser Bear, Ov. Tr. 5, 3, 7: cauda, Caes. Germ. Arat. 189.
  2. II. A town in Arcadia, Stat. Th. 4, 295.

† 2. cynŏsūra ōva = κυνόσουρα ὠά, addle-eggs, Plin. 10, 60, 80, § 167 (id. 10, 58, 79, § 160, called also hypenemia or zephyria ova, wind-eggs, in pure Lat. urina ova).

Cynŏsūrae, ārum, f., = Κυνόσουρα, a promontory in Attica, west of Marathon, now Schoinia, or Cap Cabala, Cic. N. D. 3, 22, 57; Lact. 1, 10, 12.

Cynŏsūris, v. 1. Cynosura, I. B.