1. κνέφας · knephas — Beekes
evening twilight, dusk, morning twilight
The corpus record
κνέφας
knephas
evening twilight, dusk, morning twilight
Figures and citations on this page are drawn from the audited corpus; none are written from memory.
Distribution
- Persians 2 · 3.93/10k
- Eumenides 2 · 3.82/10k
- Trojan Women 1 · 1.41/10k
- Bacchae 1 · 1.33/10k
- Ecclesiazusae 1 · 1.31/10k
- Phoenissae 1 · 1.04/10k
- Odyssey 9 · 1.04/10k
- Iliad 7 · 0.63/10k
- Anabasis 1 · 0.18/10k
- Hellenica 1 · 0.15/10k
- Cyropaedia 1 · 0.13/10k
Senses
2. κνέφας · knephas — Chantraine
gén
3. κνέφας · knephas — Frisk
αος, -ovs usw
4. κνέφας · knephas — Frisk
am Anfang der Dämmerung
5. κνέφᾰς · knephas — LSJ
darkness, evening dusk, twilight, morning twilight, dawn
Attestations
- κνέφας · knephas Iliad 1.475
- κνέφας · knephas Iliad 2.413
- κνέφας · knephas Iliad 8.500
- κνέφας · knephas Iliad 11.194
- κνέφας · knephas Iliad 11.209
- κνέφας · knephas Iliad 17.455
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Deep etymology
Authority pointers, pending review
These are the etymology authorities that treat this word, with their exact locators. They are bibliographic pointers, not a published word history: no root, reconstruction, derivation, cognate, or origin is asserted here.
- scan p. 769; entry #3258 Review: Under source audit
- scan p. 561; entry #4085 Review: Under source audit
- scan p. 914; entry #3071 Review: Under source audit
The authorities' own wording is withheld pending review. Each source's identity, locator, and review status are cited above.
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