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κνίς

From LSJ

Δύο γὰρ, ἐπιστήμη τε καὶ δόξα, ὧν τὸ μὲν ἐπίστασθαι ποιέει, τὸ δὲ ἀγνοεῖν → Two different things are science and belief: the one brings knowledge, the other ignorance

Hippocrates
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Transliteration A: knís Transliteration B: knis Transliteration C: knis Beta Code: kni/s

English (LSJ)

κνῐδός, ἡ, = κνίδη, acc. sg. κνίδα [ῐ] Opp.H.2.429: pl. κνίδες Sm.Is.55.13, cf.Aq., Thd.ib.34.13.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

κνίς: -ίδος, = κνίδη, αἰτ. ἑνικ. κνίδα ῐ ἐν Ὀππ. Ἁλ. 2. 429· πληθ. κνίδες, διάφ. γρ. παρὰ τοῖς Ἑβδ. (Ἡσαΐας ΝΕ΄, 13).

Greek Monolingual

κνίς, -ιδός, ἡ (Α)
η κνίδη.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. Υποχωρητ. παρ. του κνίζω.