- κνωπός
- κνώψ, κνωπόςGrammatical information: m.Meaning: a wild animal, of snakes a. o. (Nic. Th.).Derivatives: κνωπεύς ἄρκτος. ἔνιοι κνουπεύς (H.; cf. Boßhardt Die Nom. auf -ευς 85). Here also κυνοῦπες ἄρκτος (for -οι?). Μακεδόνες H. Further also κινώπετον `poisonous animal, snake'.Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]Etymology: Not a cross of κνώδαλον and another word (κλώψ, κνίψ, σήψ). Acc. to Fick 3, 97 and Persson Beitr. 1, 139 to OWNo. (hnafa), pret. hnōf `cut off'. Wrong Baunack Phil. 70, 456f. With sec. vowel also prob. κινώπετον. The variant forms point to a Pre-Greek word. On sec. vowels in Pre-Greek Fur. 383f.Page in Frisk: 1,888
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