This word is probably connected to κνώδαλον (knṓdalon, “beast, wild animal”) and κνώδων (knṓdōn, “projecting teeth on the blade of a hunting spear”). Per Derksen, these words derive from Proto-Indo-European *k(ʷ)end- or *k(ʷ)enHd(ʰ)-, like Sanskrit खादति (khādati, “to chew, to bite”) and Persian خاییدن (xâyidan, “to chew”), while Beekes suggests a Pre-Greek origin for all these lemmas.
κνώδαξ • (knṓdax) m (genitive κνώδακος); third declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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| Nominative | ὁ κνώδᾱξ ho knṓdāx |
τὼ κνώδᾱκε tṑ knṓdāke |
οἱ κνώδᾱκες hoi knṓdākes | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ κνώδᾱκος toû knṓdākos |
τοῖν κνωδᾱ́κοιν toîn knōdā́koin |
τῶν κνωδᾱ́κων tôn knōdā́kōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ κνώδᾱκῐ tôi knṓdāki |
τοῖν κνωδᾱ́κοιν toîn knōdā́koin |
τοῖς κνώδᾱξῐ / κνώδᾱξῐν toîs knṓdāxi(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν κνώδᾱκᾰ tòn knṓdāka |
τὼ κνώδᾱκε tṑ knṓdāke |
τοὺς κνώδᾱκᾰς toùs knṓdākas | ||||||||||
| Vocative | κνώδᾱξ knṓdāx |
κνώδᾱκε knṓdāke |
κνώδᾱκες knṓdākes | ||||||||||
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