Κνωσός

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Κνωσσός (Knōssós)

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

 

• IPA^(key): /knɔː.sós/ → /knoˈsos/ → /knoˈsos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /knɔː.sós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /knoˈsos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /knoˈsos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /knoˈsos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /knoˈsos/

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^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,011