Knossianadj.

/ˈknɒsɪən/

/ˈnɒsɪən/

/ˈknəʊsɪən/

/ˈnəʊsɪən/

Forms: Also Cnossian.

Etymology: < Greek Κνωσσός Knossos or Cnossos + -ian suffix.

Of or pertaining to Knossos, a city in ancient Crete, where, according to classical tradition, King Minos ruled and kept the Minotaur in a labyrinth; historically, the centre of the Minoan civilization as revealed by the ruins of a vast labyrinthine palace (18th–14th centuries b.c.). Also as n.

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Ionic1483

Rhodiana1533

Candian1559

lesbian1559

Cretan1579

Ionian1579

Ortygian1582

Parianc1602

Lemnian1611

Carpathian1637

lesbic1659

Eubœan1660

Melian1684

Sciote1718

Minoan1830

Naxiote1859

Corfiote1877

Knossian1894

Siphnian1895

Cycladic1915

Leucadian1952

1894 A. J. Evans in Jrnl. Hellenic Stud. 14 283 The incised marks on the slabs of the Knôsian building do not..stand alone.

1895 H. S. Jones tr. Sel. Passages Anc. Writers i. i. 4 The Knossians also possess the dance of Ariadne, a relief in white marble.

1900 A. J. Evans in Ann. Brit. Sch. Athens VI. 16 An artistic advance which..was not reached till the fifth century before our era, some eight or nine centuries later than the date of this Knossian fresco.

1900 A. J. Evans in Ann. Brit. Sch. Athens VI. 59 Out of about 25 distinct signs..near parallels to about 6 occur in the Knossian linear series.

1909 A. J. Evans Scripta Minoa I. i. iii. 21 A perfect clay bar of the same general class as some of those from the Knossian deposit..had been acquired... The first stage represented by the existing West Wing of the Knossian palace goes far back into the Second Middle Minoan Age.

1939 J. D. S. Pendlebury Archaeol. Crete iv. 180 L.M. 11 vases of Knossian fabric in L.M. 1 deposits at Pseira.

1950 G. E. Daniel Hundred Years Archæol. vi. 192 To the great Bronze Age civilisation which he discovered in Crete, Sir Arthur Evans gave the name Minoan... Other names were suggested, such as Knossian, Cretan, or Aegean.

1962 Times 21 Apr. 9/6 Deposits are ‘telescoped’, material of several Knossian periods being represented in a single layer of rubbish... It cannot be assigned..to any particular subdivision of the Knossian system.

1963 Listener 21 Mar. 495/1 The Cnossian ruler's contemporaries in Egypt.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	knossian
释义	Knossianadj. /ˈknɒsɪən//ˈnɒsɪən//ˈknəʊsɪən//ˈnəʊsɪən/ Forms: Also Cnossian. Etymology: < Greek Κνωσσός Knossos or Cnossos + -ian suffix. Of or pertaining to Knossos, a city in ancient Crete, where, according to classical tradition, King Minos ruled and kept the Minotaur in a labyrinth; historically, the centre of the Minoan civilization as revealed by the ruins of a vast labyrinthine palace (18th–14th centuries b.c.). Also as n. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Europe > Greece > [adjective] > Greek islands Ionic1483 Rhodiana1533 Candian1559 lesbian1559 Cretan1579 Ionian1579 Ortygian1582 Parianc1602 Lemnian1611 Carpathian1637 lesbic1659 Eubœan1660 Melian1684 Sciote1718 Minoan1830 Naxiote1859 Corfiote1877 Knossian1894 Siphnian1895 Cycladic1915 Leucadian1952 1894 A. J. Evans in Jrnl. Hellenic Stud. 14 283 The incised marks on the slabs of the Knôsian building do not..stand alone. 1895 H. S. Jones tr. Sel. Passages Anc. Writers i. i. 4 The Knossians also possess the dance of Ariadne, a relief in white marble. 1900 A. J. Evans in Ann. Brit. Sch. Athens VI. 16 An artistic advance which..was not reached till the fifth century before our era, some eight or nine centuries later than the date of this Knossian fresco. 1900 A. J. Evans in Ann. Brit. Sch. Athens VI. 59 Out of about 25 distinct signs..near parallels to about 6 occur in the Knossian linear series. 1909 A. J. Evans Scripta Minoa I. i. iii. 21 A perfect clay bar of the same general class as some of those from the Knossian deposit..had been acquired... The first stage represented by the existing West Wing of the Knossian palace goes far back into the Second Middle Minoan Age. 1939 J. D. S. Pendlebury Archaeol. Crete iv. 180 L.M. 11 vases of Knossian fabric in L.M. 1 deposits at Pseira. 1950 G. E. Daniel Hundred Years Archæol. vi. 192 To the great Bronze Age civilisation which he discovered in Crete, Sir Arthur Evans gave the name Minoan... Other names were suggested, such as Knossian, Cretan, or Aegean. 1962 Times 21 Apr. 9/6 Deposits are ‘telescoped’, material of several Knossian periods being represented in a single layer of rubbish... It cannot be assigned..to any particular subdivision of the Knossian system. 1963 Listener 21 Mar. 495/1 The Cnossian ruler's contemporaries in Egypt. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.1894
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