Cnidus

English

Etymology

From the Latin Cnidus, from the Ancient Greek Κνίδος (Knídos).

Proper noun

Cnidus

Alternative spelling of Knidos

Latin

Alternative forms

Cnidos, Cnidus, Gnidos, Gnidus

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek Κνίδος (Knídos).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkni.dus/, [ˈknɪd̪ʊs̠]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkni.dus/, [ˈkniːd̪us]

Proper noun

Cnidus f sg (genitive Cnidī); second declension

Knidos (a Doric city in Caria, celebrated for its statue of Venus, the workmanship of Praxiteles)

Declension

Second-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Cnidus
Genitive	Cnidī
Dative	Cnidō
Accusative	Cnidum
Ablative	Cnidō
Vocative	Cnide
Locative	Cnidī

Derived terms

Cnidiī
Cnidius

Descendants

English: Cnidus
French: Cnide

References

“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

Cnidus on the Latin Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^la

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