χνόος
Ancient Greek
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editRelated to χνόη (khnóē, “axle-box”). Both words have been connected to χναύω (khnaúō, “to nibble”) and χνίω (khníō, “to break in small pieces”). Reasonable connections can then be found in Old Norse gnúa (“to rub”) and Proto-Slavic *gnusъ, which point to Proto-Indo-European *gnew-. Otherwise perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *knew- (“to scrape, scratch; to rub”) and related to κνίζω (knízō, “to pound, grate”) and κνύω (knúō, “to scratch”), with expressive aspiration; or from *ksnew-. Compare also μνόος (mnóos, “fine, soft down”).
Pronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kʰnó.os/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈkʰno.os/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈxno.os/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈxno.os/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈxno.os/
Noun
editχνόος • (khnóos) m (genitive χνόου); second declension
- incrustation from salt water
- powder, dust of the earth
- wool pulled for stuffing cushions, flock
- first down on the chin or cheeks
- bloom on fruits
Inflection
editCase / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ χνόος ho khnóos |
τὼ χνόω tṑ khnóō |
οἱ χνόοι hoi khnóoi | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ χνόου toû khnóou |
τοῖν χνόοιν toîn khnóoin |
τῶν χνόων tôn khnóōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ χνόῳ tôi khnóōi |
τοῖν χνόοιν toîn khnóoin |
τοῖς χνόοις toîs khnóois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν χνόον tòn khnóon |
τὼ χνόω tṑ khnóō |
τοὺς χνόους toùs khnóous | ||||||||||
Vocative | χνόε khnóe |
χνόω khnóō |
χνόοι khnóoi | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
edit- κᾰλᾰμόχνοος (kalamókhnoos)
- χνοᾰ́ζω (khnoázō)
- χνοᾰ́ω (khnoáō)
- χνόϊος (khnóïos)
- χνοώδης (khnoṓdēs)
Descendants
edit- Greek: χνούδι (chnoúdi)
Further reading
edit- “χνόος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “χνόος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “χνόος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- χνόος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- χνόος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
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- Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Ancient Greek 2-syllable words
- Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation
- Ancient Greek lemmas
- Ancient Greek nouns
- Ancient Greek paroxytone terms
- Ancient Greek masculine nouns
- Ancient Greek second-declension nouns
- Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension
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