{Even the dogs} (kai ta kunaria). She took no offence at
the implication of being a Gentile dog. The rather she with quick
wit took Christ's very word for little dogs (kunaria) and
deftly turned it to her own advantage, for the little dogs eat of
the crumbs (psichi(936e), little morsels, diminutive again) that
fall from the table of their masters (kuri(936e)), the children.