κνήμη
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *kónh₂m (“leg”); cognate with English ham (from Proto-Germanic *hammō) and Old Irish cnáim (“bone”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /knɛ̌ː.mɛː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈkne̝.me̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈkni.mi/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈkni.mi/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈkni.mi/
Noun
κνήμη • (knḗmē) f (genitive κνήμης); first declension
- (anatomy) shin, tibia
- spoke of a wheel
Declension
First declension of ἡ κνήμη; τῆς κνήμης (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ κνήμη hē knḗmē | τὼ κνήμᾱ tṑ knḗmā | αἱ κνῆμαι hai knêmai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς κνήμης tês knḗmēs | τοῖν κνήμαιν toîn knḗmain | τῶν κνημῶν tôn knēmôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ κνήμῃ têi knḗmēi | τοῖν κνήμαιν toîn knḗmain | ταῖς κνήμαις taîs knḗmais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν κνήμην tḕn knḗmēn | τὼ κνήμᾱ tṑ knḗmā | τᾱ̀ς κνήμᾱς tā̀s knḗmās | ||||||||||
Vocative | κνήμη knḗmē | κνήμᾱ knḗmā | κνῆμαι knêmai | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- κνημίς (knēmís)
- ὀκτάκνημος (oktáknēmos)
Further reading
- “κνήμη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- κνήμη in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- leg idem, page 484.
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek κνήμη (knḗmē).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈknimi/
Noun
κνήμη • (kními) f (plural κνήμες)
- (anatomy) shin, tibia
- Synonyms: (colloquial) καλάμι (kalámi), ("front edge of shin") αντικνήμιο (antiknímio)
Declension
declension of κνήμη
case \\ number | singular | plural |
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nominative | κνήμη • | κνήμες • |
genitive | κνήμης • | κνημών • |
accusative | κνήμη • | κνήμες • |
vocative | κνήμη • | κνήμες • |