χνόη

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

χνοίη (khnoíē) — Ionic

Etymology

Related to χνόος (khnóos, “incrustation from salt-water; wool, down”). 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. Maybe from Proto-Indo-European *knew- (“to scrape; scratch; rub”) and related to κνίζω (knízō, “to pound, grate”) and κνύω (knúō, “to scratch”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kʰnó.ɛː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈkʰno.e̝/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈxno.i/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈxno.i/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈxno.i/

Noun

χνόη • (khnóē) f (genitive χνόης); first declension

nave, hub, the cylindrical central part of a wheel
Synonym: πλήμνη (plḗmnē)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ χνόη; τῆς χνόης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ χνόη hē khnóē	τὼ χνόᾱ tṑ khnóā	αἱ χνόαι hai khnóai
Genitive	τῆς χνόης tês khnóēs	τοῖν χνόαιν toîn khnóain	τῶν χνοῶν tôn khnoôn
Dative	τῇ χνόῃ têi khnóēi	τοῖν χνόαιν toîn khnóain	ταῖς χνόαις taîs khnóais
Accusative	τὴν χνόην tḕn khnóēn	τὼ χνόᾱ tṑ khnóā	τᾱ̀ς χνόᾱς tā̀s khnóās
Vocative	χνόη khnóē	χνόᾱ khnóā	χνόαι khnóai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.