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Gnossus [nos-uh s] Examples noun
Related formsGnos·si·an, adjective Examples from the Web for gnossus Historical Examples of gnossus
The heifers of Gnossus and of Cydon 751 sighed to mate with him.
Ars Amatoria, or The Art Of Love
Ovid
From Gnossus, whence the Greeks drew all their laws and science, came probably the Greek word gnosis, meaning knowledge.
Harold Bayley
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
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