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Headword:
*knw/sios
Adler number: kappa,1884
Translated headword: Knosios, Cnosius
Vetting Status: high
Translation: A proper name, and [sc. also the term for] the citizen [of
Knossos]. For Kno[s]sos [is] a city in Crete.
Greek Original:*knw/sios: o)/noma ku/rion, kai\ o( poli/ths. *knwso\s ga\r po/lis e)n th=| *krh/th|.
Note:
The spelling 'Knosos' was more common than the more familiar modern form '
Knossos'; nevertheless
Hesychius kappa3164 has the ss form.
Reference:
OCD(4) 340
Keywords: definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; geography
Translated by: David Whitehead on 3 December 2000@08:59:57.
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