Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

κνισήεις

First/Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: κνισήεις κνισήεσσα κνισήεν

Structure: κνισηεντ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: kni=sa

Sense

  1. full of the steam of burnt sacrifice, steamy

Examples

  • αὐτίκα δ’ ἄστυ χοροῖσι καὶ εἰλαπίνῃσι γεγήθει καπνῷ κνισήεντι περίπλεον· (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 1 15:13)

Similar forms

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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