κνίδη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Traditionally derived from κνίζω (knízō, “scratch or gash”); yet the -ι- is long in this word, which may point to Pre-Greek origin, according to Beekes.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /knǐː.dɛː/ → /ˈkni.ði/ → /ˈkni.ði/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /knǐː.dɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈkni.de̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈkni.ði/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈkni.ði/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈkni.ði/

Noun

κνῑ́δη • (knī́dē) f (genitive κνῑ́δης); first declension

1. stinging nettle (Urtica dioica)

   Synonym: ἀκᾰλήφη (akălḗphē)

2. sea anemone in the genus Actinia with a nettle-like sting

Declension

First declension of ἡ κνῑ́δη; τῆς κνῑ́δης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ κνῑ́δη hē knī́dē	τὼ κνῑ́δᾱ tṑ knī́dā	αἱ κνῖδαι hai knîdai
Genitive	τῆς κνῑ́δης tês knī́dēs	τοῖν κνῑ́δαιν toîn knī́dain	τῶν κνῑδῶν tôn knīdôn
Dative	τῇ κνῑ́δῃ tēî knī́dēi	τοῖν κνῑ́δαιν toîn knī́dain	ταῖς κνῑ́δαις taîs knī́dais
Accusative	τὴν κνῑ́δην tḕn knī́dēn	τὼ κνῑ́δᾱ tṑ knī́dā	τᾱ̀ς κνῑ́δᾱς tā̀s knī́dās
Vocative	κνῑ́δη knī́dē	κνῑ́δᾱ knī́dā	κνῖδαι knîdai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• κνῑδόσπερμον (knīdóspermon)
• κνῑ́δωσῐς (knī́dōsĭs)

Descendants

• → New Latin: cnida
  • → English: cnida

Further reading

• “κνίδη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “κνίδη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• κνίδη in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN