poples

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Latin

Etymology

Uncertain;^[1] proposed derivations include:

From Proto-Indo-European *pal- (“to feel, touch, shake”), a root common to Latin papiliō (“butterfly”) and palpō (“I touch softly”).
From Proto-Indo-European *kʷekʷlóm, *kʷékʷlos, *kʷékʷléh₂. Cognates include English wheel, Ancient Greek κύκλος (kúklos, “wheel”) and Tocharian B kokale (“cart, wagon”). For the semantic shift compare Spanish rodilla (“knee”) from roda (“wheel”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpo.ples/,
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpo.ples/,

Noun

poples m (genitive poplitis); third declension

(literally) the ham of the knee, the hough, the hock
(transferred sense, in general) the knee

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	poples	poplitēs
genitive	poplitis	poplitum
dative	poplitī	poplitibus
accusative	poplitem	poplitēs
ablative	poplite	poplitibus
vocative	poples	poplitēs

Synonyms

(anatomy) (the ham of the knee): suffrāgō
(the knee itself): genū

Derived terms

popliteus (New Latin)

Descendants

English: poplit
French: poplité
Italian: poplite
Portuguese: póplite

References

“poplĕs”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“poples”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
pŏplĕs in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1,201/1.

^ Walde, Alois, Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1954) “poples”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), 3rd edition, volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 358

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