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Ancient Greek
Etymology
Like εὕδω (heúdō, “to rest, be still”), without etymology. Formally, confront its opposite ἐγρήσσω (egrḗssō, “to watch, awake”), from ἐγείρω (egeírō, “to awaken, rouse”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /knɔ̌ːs.sɔː/ → /ˈknos.so/ → /ˈkno.so/
Verb
κνώσσω • (knṓssō)
- to sleep, slumber
- Synonyms: δαρθάνω (darthánō), εὕδω (heúdō), καθεύδω (katheúdō), κοιμάομαι (koimáomai)
Inflection
References
- “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
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN