Κνωσός

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

Unknown; likely Pre-Greek.

Compare Mycenaean Greek 𐀒𐀜𐀰 (ko-no-so), 𐀒𐀜𐀰𐀆 (ko-no-so-de), Egyptian kꜣnywšꜣ.

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Κνωσός • (Knōsós) f (genitive Κνωσοῦ); second declension

  1. Cnossus; Gnossus; Knossos, Crete, Greece

Inflection

Second declension of ἡ Κνωσός; τῆς Κνωσοῦ (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ἡ Κνωσός
hē Knōsós
Genitive τῆς Κνωσοῦ
tês Knōsoû
Dative τῇ Κνωσῷ
tēî Knōsōî
Accusative τὴν Κνωσόν
tḕn Knōsón
Vocative Κνωσέ
Knōsé
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,011

Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Κνωσός (Knōsós).

Proper noun

Κνωσός • (Knosós) m

  1. Knossos (an ancient city in Crete, Greece)

Declension

Declension of Κνωσός
singular
nominative Κνωσός (Knosós)
genitive Κνωσού (Knosoú)
accusative Κνωσό (Knosó)
vocative Κνωσέ (Knosé)
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