Κνωσσός

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

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

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

Proper noun

Κνωσσός • (Knōssós) f (genitive Κνωσσοῦ); second declension

1. Alternative form of Κνωσός (Knōsós, “Cnossus; Gnossus; Knossos, Crete, Greece”)

Inflection

Second declension of ἡ Κνωσσός; τῆς Κνωσσοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Κνωσσός hē Knōssós
Genitive	τῆς Κνωσσοῦ tês Knōssoû
Dative	τῇ Κνωσσῷ têi Knōssôi
Accusative	τὴν Κνωσσόν tḕn Knōssón
Vocative	Κνωσσέ Knōssé
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Κνώσσῐος (Knṓssios)

Descendants

• Greek: Κνωσός (Knosós)
• Latin: Cnōssus

References

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,011
• Κνωσσός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette