κνώσσω

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Of unknown origin, similar to εὕδω (heúdō, “to rest, be still”). Note also its semantic opposite ἐγρήσσω (egrḗssō, “to watch, awake”), from ἐγείρω (egeírō, “to awaken, rouse”).^[1]

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /knɔ̌ːs.sɔː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈknos.so/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈknos.so/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈknos.so/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈkno.so/

Verb

κνώσσω • (knṓssō)

to sleep, slumber
Synonyms: δαρθάνω (darthánō), εὕδω (heúdō), καθεύδω (katheúdō), κοιμάομαι (koimáomai)

Inflection

Present: κνώσσω, κνώσσομαι

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	κνώσσω	κνώσσεις	κνώσσει	κνώσσετον	κνώσσετον	κνώσσομεν	κνώσσετε	κνώσσουσῐ(ν)
	subjunctive	κνώσσω	κνώσσῃς	κνώσσῃ	κνώσσητον	κνώσσητον	κνώσσωμεν	κνώσσητε	κνώσσωσῐ(ν)
	optative	κνώσσοιμῐ	κνώσσοις	κνώσσοι	κνώσσοιτον	κνωσσοίτην	κνώσσοιμεν	κνώσσοιτε	κνώσσοιεν
	imperative		κνῶσσε	κνωσσέτω	κνώσσετον	κνωσσέτων		κνώσσετε	κνωσσόντων
middle/passive	indicative	κνώσσομαι	κνώσσῃ, κνώσσει	κνώσσεται	κνώσσεσθον	κνώσσεσθον	κνωσσόμεθᾰ	κνώσσεσθε	κνώσσονται
	subjunctive	κνώσσωμαι	κνώσσῃ	κνώσσηται	κνώσσησθον	κνώσσησθον	κνωσσώμεθᾰ	κνώσσησθε	κνώσσωνται
	optative	κνωσσοίμην	κνώσσοιο	κνώσσοιτο	κνώσσοισθον	κνωσσοίσθην	κνωσσοίμεθᾰ	κνώσσοισθε	κνώσσοιντο
	imperative		κνώσσου	κνωσσέσθω	κνώσσεσθον	κνωσσέσθων		κνώσσεσθε	κνωσσέσθων
		active				middle/passive
infinitive		κνώσσειν				κνώσσεσθαι
participle	m	κνώσσων				κνωσσόμενος
	f	κνώσσουσᾰ				κνωσσομένη
	n	κνῶσσον				κνωσσόμενον
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

References

^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “κνώσσω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 726

“κνώσσω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“κνώσσω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
“κνώσσω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891), A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
κνώσσω in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
κνώσσω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924), A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
κνώσσω, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011

[1] Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “κνώσσω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 726

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