Dor. for κυνηγός, (< ἄγω) hound-leader, i.e.
huntsman, A. Ag. 695 (lyr.), etc. ; as Adj., τὴν κυναγὸν Ἄρτεμιν S. El. 563; κυναγὲ παρσένε huntress-maid, Ar. Lys. 1270 (lyr.); Ἔρως ὁ κύπριδος κ. Tim.Com. 2; — fem. κυνηγίς, ίδος, huntress, name of a comedy by Philetaerus; also (sc. ναῦς), hunting-boat, Theb. Ostr. 77 (i AD). — Trag. and Com. use κυναγός even in trim., cf. Phryn. 399, and v. κυνηγία ; — later κυνηγός Arist. HA 579b28, Callix. 2, PPetr. 3 p. 115 (iii BC), SIG 459.2 (Beroea, iii BC), D.S. 2.25, Plu. Luc. 8; = Lat. bestiarius, gladiator who fights with beasts, Just. Nov. 115.3.10; κυναγός in this sense, Milet. 1(9).314.

[ᾱ], ὁ, dor. u. poet. = κυνηγός.