Definition of Gnosius
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LNS
Gnōsius, Gnōsiī
Gnosia
Mostly Plural
noun (m., 2nd declension)
  1. the inhabitants of Gnosus
  2. Gnosians
  3. Gnosian
  4. Cretan
  5. the Gnosian
  6. Ariadne
Abbreviations
Gnōsus or Gnōsos (also Gnoss- and Cnoss-), i, f., = Κνωσός (Κνωσσός), the ancient capital of Crete, the residence of Minos; now Cnosson, Mel. 2, 7, 12; Plin. 4, 12, 20, § 59; Luc. 3, 185 Cort. N. cr.; Lact. 1, 11, 46.

— Derivv. Gnōsius (Gnoss-, Cnōs-, or Cnoss-), a, um, adj., of or belonging to Gnosus, or poet., in gen., to Crete, Gnosian, Cretan: Ctesiphon, of Gnosus, Plin. 7, 37, 38, § 125: Epimenides, id. 7, 48, 49, § 154: calami spicula, Hor. C. 1, 15, 17: castra, of Minos, Ov. M. 8, 40: regna, Verg. A. 3, 115: stella Coronae, i. e. of Ariadne, id. G. 1, 222; also called Gn. ardor Bacchi, Col. poet. 10, 52.

—Subst.: Gnōsia, ae, f., the Gnosian, Cretan; of Ariadne, Prop. 1, 3, 2.

In plur.: Gnō-sii, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Gnosus, Gnosians, Cic. Leg. 1, 5, 15.

— Gnōsi-acus (Gnoss-), a, um, adj., the same: rex, i. e. Minos, Ov. M. 8, 52: regnum, i. e. Crete, id. ib. 9, 669; so, carina, id. ib. 8, 144; cf. rates, id. ib. 7, 471.

— Gnōsias (Gnoss-), adis, adj., Gnosian, Cretan: juvencae, Ov. A. A. 1, 293.

—Subst., fem., the Gnosian, i. e. Ariadne, Ov. A. A. 1, 556.

— Gnōsis (Gnoss-), idis, adj., the same: corona, i. e. the constellation of Ariadne's Crown, Ov. F. 3, 460.

—Subst., fem., the Gnosian, i. e. Ariadne, Ov. H. 15, 25; Stat. S. 5, 1, 232; id. Th. 12, 676 al.
 
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