κνακός

Ancient Greek

Adjective

κνᾱκός • (knākós) m (feminine κνᾱκᾱ́, neuter κνᾱκόν); first/second declension

1. Doric form of κνηκός (knēkós, “tawny”)
   • 300 BCE – 200 BCE, Theocritus, Idylls 7.15–16:

     ἐκ μὲν γὰρ λασίοιο δασύτριχος εἶχε τράγοιο // κνακὸν δέρμ’ ὤμοισι νέας ταμίσοιο ποτόσδον

     ek mèn gàr lasíoio dasútrikhos eîkhe trágoio // knakòn dérm’ ṓmoisi néas tamísoio potósdon

     over his shoulders he was wearing the tawny skin of a thick-haired, shaggy goat smelling of fresh rennet

Noun

κνακός • (knakós) m (hapax)

1. dappled horse
   • [5th c. C.E., Hesychius of Alexandria, Γλώσσαι, Κ.3083:

     κνακός· ψαρὸς ἵππος

     knakós; psaròs híppos

     knakós: dappled horse]

References

• “κνηκός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press