Κνωσός

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Ancient Greek

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Alternative forms

Etymology

Unknown; likely Pre-Greek.

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

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
têi Knōsôi
Accusative τὴν Κνωσόν
tḕn Knōsón
Vocative Κνωσέ
Knōsé
Notes:

Derived terms

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
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