κνᾰφ-εύς, έως, ὁ,
fuller, cloth-carder or dresser, [[ Inscriptiones Graecae 12.436 (6th c.BC), 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.14, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 1128, “Ec.” 415: as _feminine_, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 760 ] Refs 6th c.BC+]; γνᾰφ-, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιδημίαι” 1.21, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 3.16 codices, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Agesilaus” 1.26 ] Refs 5th c.BC+], and usually in later Gr., [[ 3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 4.78, “PCair.Zen.” 206.48 (3rd c.BC), “IG” 12(2).271 (from Mytilene), “POxy.” 736.37 (1st c.AD)] Refs 3rd c.BC+], etc.; but κναφεύς [[ “PIand.” 43.13 (2nd c.AD). ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__II γναφεύς, kind of fish, [[ 1st c.BC: Dorio Rerum Naturalium Scriptor cited in 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 7.297c. ] Refs 1st c.BC+]