κνώδων

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Per Derksen, from Proto-Indo-European *k(ʷ)end- or *k(ʷ)enHd(ʰ)-. Compare Sanskrit खादति (khādati, “to chew, to bite”) and Persian خاییدن (xâyidan, “to chew”). See also κνώδαλον (knṓdalon, “wild beast”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /knɔ̌ː.dɔːn/ → /ˈkno.ðon/ → /ˈkno.ðon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /knɔ̌ː.dɔːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈkno.don/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈkno.ðon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈkno.ðon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈkno.ðon/

Noun

κνώδων • (knṓdōn) m (genitive κνώδοντος); third declension

1. (in the plural) two projecting teeth on the blade of a hunting spear
2. sword

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ κνώδων; τοῦ κνώδοντος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ κνώδων ho knṓdōn	τὼ κνώδοντε tṑ knṓdonte	οἱ κνώδοντες hoi knṓdontes
Genitive	τοῦ κνώδοντος toû knṓdontos	τοῖν κνωδόντοιν toîn knōdóntoin	τῶν κνωδόντων tôn knōdóntōn
Dative	τῷ κνώδοντῐ tôi knṓdonti	τοῖν κνωδόντοιν toîn knōdóntoin	τοῖς κνώδουσῐ / κνώδουσῐν toîs knṓdousi(n)
Accusative	τὸν κνώδοντᾰ tòn knṓdonta	τὼ κνώδοντε tṑ knṓdonte	τοὺς κνώδοντᾰς toùs knṓdontas
Vocative	κνῶδον knôdon	κνώδοντε knṓdonte	κνώδοντες knṓdontes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “κνώδων”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “κνώδων”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• κνώδων in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • barb idem, page 62.
  • blade idem, page 81.
  • brand idem, page 93.
  • edge idem, page 261.
  • prong idem, page 653.
  • rapier idem, page 672.
  • sword idem, page 849.