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  

/ ˈknaɪ-, ˈnaɪdəs /

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

Example Sentences

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

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

The most famous statue by the elder Praxiteles, the Aphrodite, was made for Cnidus.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" by Various

Our actual constellations, which are doubtless of Babylonian origin, appear to have been arranged in their present form by the learned philosopher Eudoxus of Cnidus, about the year 360 B.C.

From Astronomy for Amateurs by Welby, Frances A. (Frances Alice)

The practice of Greek medicine became almost entirely restricted to the temples of Æsculapius, the most important of which were situated at Rhodes, Cnidus and Cos.

From Outlines of Greek and Roman Medicine by Elliott, James Sands