Cnidus
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From the Latin Cnidus, from the Ancient Greek Κνίδος (Knídos).
Proper noun[edit]
Cnidus
- Alternative spelling of Knidos
Latin[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From the Ancient Greek Κνίδος (Knídos).
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Cnidus f (genitive Cnidī); second declension
- Knidos (a Doric city in Caria, celebrated for its statue of Venus, the workmanship of Praxiteles)
Declension[edit]
Second declension, with locative.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| nominative | Cnidus |
| genitive | Cnidī |
| dative | Cnidō |
| accusative | Cnidum |
| ablative | Cnidō |
| vocative | Cnide |
| locative | Cnidī |
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- 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[edit]
Cnidus on the Latin Wikipedia.Wikipedia la
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