κνημός
See also: Κνῆμος
Ancient Greek
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /knɛː.mós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /kne̝ˈmos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /kniˈmos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /kniˈmos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /kniˈmos/
Noun
κνημός • (knēmós) m (genitive κνημοῦ); second declension
- projecting limb or shoulder of a mountain
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ κνημός ho knēmós |
τὼ κνημώ tṑ knēmṓ |
οἱ κνημοί hoi knēmoí | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ κνημοῦ toû knēmoû |
τοῖν κνημοῖν toîn knēmoîn |
τῶν κνημῶν tôn knēmôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ κνημῷ tōî knēmōî |
τοῖν κνημοῖν toîn knēmoîn |
τοῖς κνημοῖς toîs knēmoîs | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν κνημόν tòn knēmón |
τὼ κνημώ tṑ knēmṓ |
τοὺς κνημούς toùs knēmoús | ||||||||||
| Vocative | κνημέ knēmé |
κνημώ knēmṓ |
κνημοί knēmoí | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- πολύκνημον (polúknēmon)
Further reading
- “κνημός”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- κνημός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- κνημός in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- κνημός, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
- “κνημός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press