κνώδων
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Per Derksen, from Proto-Indo-European *k(ʷ)end- or *k(ʷ)enHd(ʰ)-. Compare Sanskrit खादति (khādati, “to chew, to bite”) and Persian خاییدن (xâyidan, “to chew”). See also κνώδαλον (knṓdalon, “wild beast”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /knɔ̌ː.dɔːn/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈkno.don/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈkno.ðon/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈkno.ðon/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈkno.ðon/
Noun
κνώδων • (knṓdōn) m (genitive κνώδοντος); third declension
- (in the plural) two projecting teeth on the blade of a hunting spear
- sword
Inflection
Third declension of ὁ κνώδων; τοῦ κνώδοντος (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ κνώδων ho knṓdōn | τὼ κνώδοντε tṑ knṓdonte | οἱ κνώδοντες hoi knṓdontes | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ κνώδοντος toû knṓdontos | τοῖν κνωδόντοιν toîn knōdóntoin | τῶν κνωδόντων tôn knōdóntōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ κνώδοντῐ tôi knṓdonti | τοῖν κνωδόντοιν toîn knōdóntoin | τοῖς κνώδουσῐ / κνώδουσῐν toîs knṓdousi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν κνώδοντᾰ tòn knṓdonta | τὼ κνώδοντε tṑ knṓdonte | τοὺς κνώδοντᾰς toùs knṓdontas | ||||||||||
Vocative | κνῶδον knôdon | κνώδοντε knṓdonte | κνώδοντες knṓdontes | ||||||||||
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References
- “κνώδων”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “κνώδων”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- κνώδων in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- barb idem, page 62.
- blade idem, page 81.
- brand idem, page 93.
- edge idem, page 261.
- prong idem, page 653.
- rapier idem, page 672.
- sword idem, page 849.