κνώδων
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Per Derksen, from Proto-Indo-European *k(ʷ)end- or *k(ʷ)enHd(ʰ)-. Compare Sanskrit खादति (khādati, “to chew, to bite”) and Persian خاییدن (xâyidan, “to chew”). See also κνώδαλον (knṓdalon, “wild beast”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /knɔ̌ː.dɔːn/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈkno.don/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈkno.ðon/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈkno.ðon/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈkno.ðon/
Noun
κνώδων • (knṓdōn) m (genitive κνώδοντος); third declension
- (in the plural) two projecting teeth on the blade of a hunting spear
- sword
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ κνώδων ho knṓdōn |
τὼ κνώδοντε tṑ knṓdonte |
οἱ κνώδοντες hoi knṓdontes | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ κνώδοντος toû knṓdontos |
τοῖν κνωδόντοιν toîn knōdóntoin |
τῶν κνωδόντων tôn knōdóntōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ κνώδοντῐ tôi knṓdonti |
τοῖν κνωδόντοιν toîn knōdóntoin |
τοῖς κνώδουσῐ / κνώδουσῐν toîs knṓdousi(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν κνώδοντᾰ tòn knṓdonta |
τὼ κνώδοντε tṑ knṓdonte |
τοὺς κνώδοντᾰς toùs knṓdontas | ||||||||||
| Vocative | κνῶδον knôdon |
κνώδοντε knṓdonte |
κνώδοντες knṓdontes | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “κνώδων”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “κνώδων”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- κνώδων in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
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