κνημίς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κνήμη (knḗmē, “shin, tibia”) +‎ -ίς (-ís).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

κνημῑ́ς • (knēmī́s) f (genitive κνημῖδος); third declension

  1. greave, legging
  2. spoke of a wheel

Declension

Third declension of ἡ κνημῑ́ς; τῆς κνημῖδος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ κνημῑ́ς
hē knēmī́s 		τὼ κνημῖδε
tṑ knēmîde 		αἱ κνημῖδες
hai knēmîdes
Genitive τῆς κνημῖδος
tês knēmîdos 		τοῖν κνημῑ́δοιν
toîn knēmī́doin 		τῶν κνημῑ́δων
tôn knēmī́dōn
Dative τῇ κνημῖδῐ
tēî knēmîdĭ 		τοῖν κνημῑ́δοιν
toîn knēmī́doin 		ταῖς κνημῖσῐ / κνημῖσῐν
taîs knēmîsĭ(n)
Accusative τὴν κνημῖδᾰ
tḕn knēmîdă 		τὼ κνημῖδε
tṑ knēmîde 		τᾱ̀ς κνημῖδᾰς
tā̀s knēmîdăs
Vocative κνημῑ́ς
knēmī́s 		κνημῖδε
knēmîde 		κνημῖδες
knēmîdes
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
  • Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → English: cnemis, cnemid

Further reading

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