ἐϋκνήμις
Ancient Greek
Etymology 1
ἐϋ- (eü-, “good”) + κνημῐ́ς (knēmĭ́s, “greave”)
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /e.y.knɛ̌ː.miːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /e.yˈkne̝.mis/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /e.yˈkni.mis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /e.yˈkni.mis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /e.iˈkni.mis/
Adjective
ἐϋκνήμῑς • (eüknḗmīs) m or f (neuter ἐϋκνήμῑ); third declension
Declension
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
| Nominative | ἐϋκνήμῑς eüknḗmīs |
ἐϋκνήμῑ eüknḗmī |
ἐϋκνήμῑδε eüknḗmīde |
ἐϋκνήμῑδε eüknḗmīde |
ἐϋκνήμῑδες eüknḗmīdes |
ἐϋκνήμῑδᾰ eüknḗmīdă | ||||||||
| Genitive | ἐϋκνήμῑδος eüknḗmīdos |
ἐϋκνήμῑδος eüknḗmīdos |
ἐϋκνημῑ́δοιν / ἐϋκνημῑ́δοιῐν eüknēmī́doi(ĭ)n |
ἐϋκνημῑ́δοιν / ἐϋκνημῑ́δοιῐν eüknēmī́doi(ĭ)n |
ἐϋκνημῑ́δων eüknēmī́dōn |
ἐϋκνημῑ́δων eüknēmī́dōn | ||||||||
| Dative | ἐϋκνήμῑδῐ eüknḗmīdĭ |
ἐϋκνήμῑδῐ eüknḗmīdĭ |
ἐϋκνημῑ́δοιν / ἐϋκνημῑ́δοιῐν eüknēmī́doi(ĭ)n |
ἐϋκνημῑ́δοιν / ἐϋκνημῑ́δοιῐν eüknēmī́doi(ĭ)n |
ἐϋκνήμῑσῐ / ἐϋκνήμῑσῐν / ἐϋκνημῑ́δεσσῐ / ἐϋκνημῑ́δεσσῐν / ἐϋκνημῑ́δεσῐ / ἐϋκνημῑ́δεσῐν eüknḗmīsĭ(n) / eüknēmī́dessĭ(n) / eüknēmī́desĭ(n) |
ἐϋκνήμῑσῐ / ἐϋκνήμῑσῐν / ἐϋκνημῑ́δεσσῐ / ἐϋκνημῑ́δεσσῐν / ἐϋκνημῑ́δεσῐ / ἐϋκνημῑ́δεσῐν eüknḗmīsĭ(n) / eüknēmī́dessĭ(n) / eüknēmī́desĭ(n) | ||||||||
| Accusative | ἐϋκνήμῑδᾰ eüknḗmīdă |
ἐϋκνήμῑ eüknḗmī |
ἐϋκνήμῑδε eüknḗmīde |
ἐϋκνήμῑδε eüknḗmīde |
ἐϋκνήμῑδᾰς eüknḗmīdăs |
ἐϋκνήμῑδᾰ eüknḗmīdă | ||||||||
| Vocative | ἐϋκνήμῑς eüknḗmīs |
ἐϋκνήμῑ eüknḗmī |
ἐϋκνήμῑδε eüknḗmīde |
ἐϋκνήμῑδε eüknḗmīde |
ἐϋκνήμῑδες eüknḗmīdes |
ἐϋκνήμῑδᾰ eüknḗmīdă | ||||||||
| Notes: |
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Further reading
- “ἐϋκνήμις”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἐϋκνήμις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἐϋκνήμις in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “ἐϋκνήμις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἐϋκνήμις”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Pape, Wilhelm (1914) “εὐκνήμις”, in Max Sengebusch, editor, Handwörterbuch der griechischen Sprache[1] (in German), 3rd edition, Braunschweig: Friedrich Vieweg und Sohn
Etymology 2
ἐϋ- (eü-, “good”) + κνήμη (knḗmē, “spoke”)
Pronunciation
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /e.yˈkni.mis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /e.yˈkni.mis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /e.iˈkni.mis/
Adjective
ἐϋκνήμῑς • (eüknḗmīs) m or f (neuter ἐϋκνήμῑ); third declension
- (Epic) well-spoked, having good spokes
- 350 CE – 450 CE, Nonnus, Dionysiaca 7.139–140:
- καὶ ὄρθιος ἄκρα κονίης / λεπτὸς ἐυκνήμιδος ἐπέγραφεν ὁλκὸς ἀπήνης·
- kaì órthios ákra koníēs / leptòs euknḗmidos epégraphen holkòs apḗnēs;
- And going straight, at the tops of the dust / did the fine track of her well-spoked wagon scratch;
- καὶ ὄρθιος ἄκρα κονίης / λεπτὸς ἐυκνήμιδος ἐπέγραφεν ὁλκὸς ἀπήνης·
Declension
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
| Nominative | ἐϋκνήμῑς eüknḗmīs |
ἐϋκνήμῑ eüknḗmī |
ἐϋκνήμῑδε eüknḗmīde |
ἐϋκνήμῑδε eüknḗmīde |
ἐϋκνήμῑδες eüknḗmīdes |
ἐϋκνήμῑδᾰ eüknḗmīdă | ||||||||
| Genitive | ἐϋκνήμῑδος eüknḗmīdos |
ἐϋκνήμῑδος eüknḗmīdos |
ἐϋκνημῑ́δοιν / ἐϋκνημῑ́δοιῐν eüknēmī́doi(ĭ)n |
ἐϋκνημῑ́δοιν / ἐϋκνημῑ́δοιῐν eüknēmī́doi(ĭ)n |
ἐϋκνημῑ́δων eüknēmī́dōn |
ἐϋκνημῑ́δων eüknēmī́dōn | ||||||||
| Dative | ἐϋκνήμῑδῐ eüknḗmīdĭ |
ἐϋκνήμῑδῐ eüknḗmīdĭ |
ἐϋκνημῑ́δοιν / ἐϋκνημῑ́δοιῐν eüknēmī́doi(ĭ)n |
ἐϋκνημῑ́δοιν / ἐϋκνημῑ́δοιῐν eüknēmī́doi(ĭ)n |
ἐϋκνήμῑσῐ / ἐϋκνήμῑσῐν / ἐϋκνημῑ́δεσσῐ / ἐϋκνημῑ́δεσσῐν / ἐϋκνημῑ́δεσῐ / ἐϋκνημῑ́δεσῐν eüknḗmīsĭ(n) / eüknēmī́dessĭ(n) / eüknēmī́desĭ(n) |
ἐϋκνήμῑσῐ / ἐϋκνήμῑσῐν / ἐϋκνημῑ́δεσσῐ / ἐϋκνημῑ́δεσσῐν / ἐϋκνημῑ́δεσῐ / ἐϋκνημῑ́δεσῐν eüknḗmīsĭ(n) / eüknēmī́dessĭ(n) / eüknēmī́desĭ(n) | ||||||||
| Accusative | ἐϋκνήμῑδᾰ eüknḗmīdă |
ἐϋκνήμῑ eüknḗmī |
ἐϋκνήμῑδε eüknḗmīde |
ἐϋκνήμῑδε eüknḗmīde |
ἐϋκνήμῑδᾰς eüknḗmīdăs |
ἐϋκνήμῑδᾰ eüknḗmīdă | ||||||||
| Vocative | ἐϋκνήμῑς eüknḗmīs |
ἐϋκνήμῑ eüknḗmī |
ἐϋκνήμῑδε eüknḗmīde |
ἐϋκνήμῑδε eüknḗmīde |
ἐϋκνήμῑδες eüknḗmīdes |
ἐϋκνήμῑδᾰ eüknḗmīdă | ||||||||
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Further reading
- “ἐϋκνήμις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἐϋκνήμις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Pape, Wilhelm (1914) “εὐκνήμις”, in Max Sengebusch, editor, Handwörterbuch der griechischen Sprache[2] (in German), 3rd edition, Braunschweig: Friedrich Vieweg und Sohn
- ἐϋκνήμις, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011