Κνωσός

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

Unknown; likely Pre-Greek.

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

Possibly connected with Hebrew כְּנֶסֶת (k'néseth). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

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:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms
  • Κνώσιος (Knṓsios)

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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