Gnossus

[ nos-uh s ]
/ ˈnɒs əs /

noun

Knossos.

OTHER WORDS FROM Gnossus

Gnos·si·an, adjective

Example sentences from the Web for gnossus

  • I come to thee a more constant lover; damsel of Gnossus, lay aside thy fear, the wife of Bacchus shalt thou be.

    Ars Amatoria, or The Art Of Love |Ovid

  • The heifers of Gnossus and of Cydon 751 sighed to mate with him.

    Ars Amatoria, or The Art Of Love |Ovid

  • This would be a most extraordinary oversight, as the scene is laid in Crete, in the town of Gnossus.

    Chaucer's Works, Volume 3 (of 7) |Geoffrey Chaucer

  • From Gnossus, whence the Greeks drew all their laws and science, came probably the Greek word gnosis, meaning knowledge.

    Archaic England |Harold Bayley