Cnidus
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From the Latin Cnidus, from the Ancient Greek Κνίδος (Knídos).
Proper noun
[edit]Cnidus
- Alternative spelling of Knidos
Latin
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From the Ancient Greek Κνίδος (Knídos).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈkni.dus/, [ˈknɪd̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈkni.dus/, [ˈkniːd̪us]
Proper noun
[edit]Cnidus f sg (genitive Cnidī); second declension
- Knidos (a Doric city in Caria, celebrated for its statue of Venus, the workmanship of Praxiteles)
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
singular | |
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nominative | Cnidus |
genitive | Cnidī |
dative | Cnidō |
accusative | Cnidum |
ablative | Cnidō |
vocative | Cnide |
locative | Cnidī |
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- “Gnĭdus or Gnĭdos”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Cnĭdus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 330/2.
Further reading
[edit]- Cnidus on the Latin Wikipedia.Wikipedia la
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