κνίση

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See also: κνίσῃ

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

κνῖσα (knîsa) — Attic

Etymology

Cognate with Latin nīdor.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /knǐː.sɛː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈkni.se̝/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈkni.si/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈkni.si/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈkni.si/

Noun

κνῑ́ση • (knī́sē) f (genitive κνῑ́σης); first declension

(Epic) nidor, the smell of roasting meat and fat

Declension

First declension of κνῑ́ση; κνῑ́σης (Epic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	κνῑ́ση knī́sē
Genitive	κνῑ́σης knī́sēs
Dative	κνῑ́σῃ knī́sēi
Accusative	κνῑ́σην knī́sēn
Vocative	κνῑ́ση knī́sē
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Descendants

Greek: τσίκνα (tsíkna)
→ Latin: cnīsa

Further reading

“κνίση”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
κνίση in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
κνίση in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
“κνίση”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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