Κνωσός
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- Κνωσσός (Knōssós)
Etymology
Unknown; likely Pre-Greek.
Compare Mycenaean Greek 𐀒𐀜𐀰 (ko-no-so), 𐀒𐀜𐀰𐀆 (ko-no-so-de).
Possibly connected with Hebrew כְּנֶסֶת (k'néseth). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /knɔː.sós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /knoˈsos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /knoˈsos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /knoˈsos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /knoˈsos/
Proper noun
Κνωσός • (Knōsós) f (genitive Κνωσοῦ); second declension
- Cnossus; Gnossus; Knossos, Crete, Greece
Inflection
Second declension of ἡ Κνωσός; τῆς Κνωσοῦ (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ Κνωσός hē Knōsós | ||||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς Κνωσοῦ tês Knōsoû | ||||||||||||
Dative | τῇ Κνωσῷ têi Knōsôi | ||||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν Κνωσόν tḕn Knōsón | ||||||||||||
Vocative | Κνωσέ Knōsé | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- Κνώσιος (Knṓsios)
Descendants
- Greek: Κνωσός (Knosós)
- Latin: Cnossus
References
- “Κνωσός”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,011