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|strgr=of uncertain origin; [[Cos]], an [[island]] in the [[Mediterranean]]: [[Cos]].
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|txtha=genitive Κῶ, ἡ, [[Cos]] (A. V. Coos) ([[now]] Stanco or Stanchio ([[which]] has arisen from a slurred [[pronunciation]] of ἐς ταν Κῶ ([[modern]] Greek) [[like]] Stambul from ἐς ταν πόλιν. (Hackett))), a [[small]] [[island]] of the Aegean Sea, [[over]] [[against]] the cities of [[Cnidus]] and [[Halicarnassus]], [[celebrated]] for its [[fertility]] and [[especially]] for its [[abundance]] of [[wine]] and [[grain]]: Κῶν Griesbach (followed by [[subsequent]] editors) has restored Κῶ, as in Matthiae, § 70 [[note]] 3; Winer's Grammar, § 8,2a.; (Buttmann, 21 (19); WH's Appendix, p. 157). Cf. Kuester, De Co insula, [[Halicarnassus]] 1833; ("[[but]] the [[best]] [[description]] is in Ross, Reisen nach Kos as [[above]] [[with]] (Halle, 1852)" (Howson); cf. Lewin, St. Paul, 2:96).
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