Cnidus

[ nahy-duh s ]

/ ˈnaɪ dəs /

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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Examples from the Web for cnidus

We may take as an example what was perhaps the most famous statue of antiquity, the Aphrodite by Praxiteles at Cnidus.
Religion and Art in Ancient Greece|Ernest Arthur Gardner
The most famous statue by the elder Praxiteles, the Aphrodite, was made for Cnidus.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5|Various
At Cnidus there is said to have been a special collection of works upon medicine.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 16, Slice 5|Various
Eudoxus of Cnidus, a famous astronomer and physician of the 4th century B. C.
Meditations|Marcus Aurelius

Cnidus was a city of high antiquity and probably of Lacedaemonian colonization.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5|Various

British Dictionary definitions for cnidus

Cnidus

/ (ˈnaɪdəs, ˈknaɪ-) /

noun

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

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