Quick Definition
κυνάριον, ου, τό n.n. a little dog
Strong's Definition
a puppy
Derivation: neuter of a presumed derivative of G2965 (κύων);
KJV Usage: dog
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, n. | -ου | κύων
4.35 · Animals · Animals
house dog, little dog relatively small light brown domestic animal, feeding on anything from household refuse to animal carcasses and excreta; Canis familiaris putiatini; associated with all sorts of uncleanness, aggression, greediness, low status (diminutive of κύων[a] dog, 4.34, but in the NT the diminutive force may have become lost, though a component of emotive attachment or affection is no doubt retained and thus the reference is presumably to a house dog)
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
κυνάριον, -ov, τό, (dimin. of κύων, i. q. κυνίδιον, which Phryn. prefers; see Lob. ad Phryn. p. 180; ef. γυναικάprov), a little dog: Mt. xv. 26sq.; Mk. vii. 27sq. (Xen, Plat., Theophr., Plut., al.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
κυνάριον kynarion 4x
a little or worthless dog, Mt. 15:26, 27; Mk. 7:27, 28*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
* κυνάριον, -ου, τό
(in Att. also κυνίδιον, dim. of κύων),
a little dog: Mt 15:26, 27, Mk 7:27, 28.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
κυνάριον. This dim. of κύων, which occurs ψηαζογ in the NT, is used at least once by Epictetus—iv. 1. 111 εἶθ᾽ οὕτως. . πρόσAde ἐπὶ κυνάριον, ἐπὶ ἱππάριον, ἐπὶ ἀγρίδιον, ‘ then proceed thus . . toa dog, a horse, an estate” (Sharp, p. 23). For the more classical κυνίδιον (Lob. Phryn. p. 180) see M. Antoninus vii. 13 κυνιδίοις ὀστάριον ἐρριμένον, ‘a bone thrown to lap-dogs.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
κυνάριον (kunarion) — little dog. κῠν-άριον, τό, diminutive of κύων, little dog, puppy, [NT+5th c.BC+]; small waxen image of a dog used in magic, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
