Cnidus

== English == === Etymology === From the Latin Cnidus, from the Ancient Greek Κνίδος (Knídos). === Proper noun === Cnidus Alternative spelling of Knidos. == Latin == === Alternative forms === Cnidos, Cnidus, Gnidos, Gnidus === Etymology === From the Ancient Greek Κνίδος (Knídos). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈknɪ.dʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈkniː.dus] === Proper noun === Cnidus f sg (genitive Cnidī); second declension Knidos (a Doric city in Caria, celebrated for its statue of Venus, the workmanship of Praxiteles) ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun, with locative, singular only. ==== 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”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 330/2. === Further reading === Cnidus on the Latin Wikipedia.Wikipedia la