Cnidus definition: an ancient city in SW Asia Minor, in Caria. See examples of CNIDUS used in a sentence.

30 янв. 2023 г. · Meaning: Prick: New Place; Etymology: From κνιδη (knide), prickly nettle. From PIE "ken-", to arise or be new.

Cnidus f sg (genitive Cnidī); second declension · Knidos (a Doric city in Caria, celebrated for its statue of Venus, the workmanship of Praxiteles) ...

Knidos or Cnidus was a Greek city in ancient Caria and part of the Dorian Hexapolis, in south-western Asia Minor, modern-day Turkey. It was situated on the ...

a city of great consequence, situated at the extreme south west of the peninsula of Asia Minor, on a promontory now called Cape Crio.

25 окт. 2024 г. · Cnidus, ancient Greek city on the Carian Chersonese, on the southwest coast of Anatolia. The city was an important commercial centre, the home of a famous ...

22 дек. 2015 г. · Cnidus, a Dorian city, founded perhaps c. 900 bce, and claiming descent from *Sparta, was situated on a long peninsula (Reşadiye), in the gulf ...

Cni·dus ... An ancient Greek city of Asia Minor in present-day southwest Asiatic Turkey. It was noted for its wealth and its magnificent buildings and statuary.

CNIDUS (Κνίδος, Cnidus: Eth. Κνίδιος), a city in Caria, at the western extremity of a long peninsula, which forms the southern side of the bay called Ceramicus.