Κνίδος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Possibly form κνίδη (knídē, “stinging needle”).

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Κνῐ́δος • (Knĭ́dos) f (genitive Κνῐ́δου); second declension

  1. Cnidus (Knidos, south-western Asia Minor, modern-day Turkey)

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Κνῐ́δος; τοῦ Κνῐ́δου (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ὁ Κνῐ́δος
ho Knĭ́dos
Genitive τοῦ Κνῐ́δου
toû Knĭ́dou
Dative τῷ Κνῐ́δῳ
tōî Knĭ́dōi
Accusative τὸν Κνῐ́δον
tòn Knĭ́don
Vocative Κνῐ́δε
Knĭ́de
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • Greek: Κνίδος (Knídos)
  • Latin: Cnidus
  • Turkish: Knidos

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Further reading

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