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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From κνήμη (knḗmē, “shin, tibia”) + -ίς (-ís).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /knɛː.mǐːs/ → /kniˈmis/ → /kniˈmis/
Noun
κνημῑ́ς • (knēmī́s) f (genitive κνημῖδος); third declension
- greave, legging
- spoke of a wheel
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Further reading
- “κνημίς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “κνημίς”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “κνημίς”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- κνημίς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- κνημίς in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963