κνίση

See also: κνίσῃ

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• κνῖσα (knîsa) — Attic

Etymology

Cognate with Latin nīdor.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /knǐː.sɛː/ → /ˈkni.si/ → /ˈkni.si/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /knǐː.sɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈkni.se̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈkni.si/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈkni.si/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈkni.si/

Noun

κνῑ́ση • (knī́sē) f (genitive κνῑ́σης); first declension

1. (Epic) nidor, the smell of roasting meat and fat

Declension

First declension of κνῑ́ση; κνῑ́σης (Epic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	κνῑ́ση knī́sē
Genitive	κνῑ́σης knī́sēs
Dative	κνῑ́σῃ knī́sēi
Accusative	κνῑ́σην knī́sēn
Vocative	κνῑ́ση knī́sē
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Descendants

• Greek: τσίκνα (tsíkna)
• → Latin: cnīsa

Further reading

• “κνίση”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• κνίση in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• κνίση in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “κνίση”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press