Cnidus

American  

[nahy-duhs] / ˈnaɪ dəs /

noun

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

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Cnidus British  

/ ˈnaɪdəs, ˈknaɪ- /

noun

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

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Other Word Forms

• Cnidean
  adjective

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Example Sentences

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Cnidus

She discovered the head in London's British Museum among fragments brought back from Cnidus by the English archaeologist Sir Charles Newton more than a century ago.

From Time Magazine Archive

Mechanics Sirs: Medical charlatans have existed since the beginning of history and doubtless will always exist; even Hippocrates had his contention with the school at Cnidus.

From Time Magazine Archive

For Ptolemy's capture of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day, when the Jews would not resist, he calls in the confirmation of a Greek authority, Agatharchides of Cnidus.

From Josephus by Norman Bentwich

The earliest medical school of which we have definite information is that of Cnidus, a Lacedaemonian colony in Asiatic Doris.

From The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield by R.W. Livingstone

Of three treasure-houses, those of Sicyon, Cnidus and Athens, the sculptural adornments have been in great part Delphi. recovered.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" by Various

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