Κνώσιος

Knosios, Cnosius

Translated by David Whitehead3 Dec 2000Vetting: high5 revisions

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A proper name, and [sc. also the term for] the citizen [of Knossos]. For Kno[s]sos [is] a city in Crete.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Κνώσιος· ὄνομα κύριον, καὶ ὁ πολίτης. Κνωσὸς γὰρ πόλις ἐν τῇ Κρήτῃ.

Betacode

*knw/sios: o)/noma ku/rion, kai\ o( poli/ths. *knwso\s ga\r po/lis e)n th=| *krh/th|.

The spelling 'Knosos' was more common than the more familiar modern form 'Knossos'; nevertheless Hesychius kappa3164 has the ss form.

OCD(4) 340

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