χνόος
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- χνοῦς (khnoûs) – Attic
Etymology
Related to χνόη (khnóē, “axle-box”). Both words have been connected to χναύω (khnaúō, “to nibble”) and χνίω (khníō, “to break in small pieces”). Reasonable connections can then be found in Old Norse gnúa (“to rub”) and Proto-Slavic *gnusъ. Maybe from Proto-Indo-European *knew- (“to scrape; scratch; rub”) and related to κνίζω (knízō, “to pound, grate”) and κνύω (knúō, “to scratch”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kʰnó.os/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈkʰno.os/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈxno.os/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈxno.os/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈxno.os/
Noun
χνόος • (khnóos) m (genitive χνόου); second declension
- incrustation from salt water
- powder, dust of the earth
- wool pulled for stuffing cushions, flock
- first down on the chin or cheeks
- bloom on fruits
Inflection
Second declension of ὁ χνόος; τοῦ χνόου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ χνόος ho khnóos | τὼ χνόω tṑ khnóō | οἱ χνόοι hoi khnóoi | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ χνόου toû khnóou | τοῖν χνόοιν toîn khnóoin | τῶν χνόων tôn khnóōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ χνόῳ tôi khnóōi | τοῖν χνόοιν toîn khnóoin | τοῖς χνόοις toîs khnóois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν χνόον tòn khnóon | τὼ χνόω tṑ khnóō | τοὺς χνόους toùs khnóous | ||||||||||
Vocative | χνόε khnóe | χνόω khnóō | χνόοι khnóoi | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- χνοάζω (khnoázō)
- χνοάω (khnoáō)
- χνόϊος (khnóïos)
- χνοώδης (khnoṓdēs)
Descendants
- Greek: χνούδι (chnoúdi)
Further reading
- χνόος in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- χνόος in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- χνόος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- χνόος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN