Cnidus

English

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Cnidus

1. Alternative spelling of Knidos

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Latin

Alternative forms

• Cnidos, Cnidus, Gnidos, Gnidus

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek Κνίδος (Knídos).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkni.dus/, [ˈknɪ.dʊs]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkni.dus/, [ˈkniː.dus]

Proper noun

Cnidus f (genitive Cnidī); second declension

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

Declension

Second declension, with locative.

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” on page 330/2 of Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)

Further reading

• Cnidus on the Latin Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^la