Cnidus

[nahy-duh s]

noun

an ancient city in SW Asia Minor, in Caria: the Athenians defeated the Spartans in a naval battle near here 394 b.c.

Related formsCni·de·an, adjective

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Historical Examples of cnidus

Phryne served as a model to Praxiteles, for his Venus of Cnidus.
Sketches of the Fair Sex, in All Parts of the World
Anonymous
Eudoxus of Cnidus, a famous astronomer and physician of the 4th century B. C.
Meditations
Marcus Aurelius
Cnidus and Halicarnassus on the coast were colonized by Dorians.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 3
Various
Cnidus lay on the western edge of a long and narrow promontory.
The History of Antiquity
Max Duncker
At Teuthea in Achaea she was worshipped as the goddess of the woodland pasture, and at Cnidus as the nurturer of the hyacinth.
The Sacred Tree
J. H. Philpot

British Dictionary definitions for cnidus

Cnidus

noun

an ancient Greek city in SW Asia Minor: famous for its school of medicine

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