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): /ˈkne.me/
- (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
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. | ||||||||||||
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)
Declension
declension of κνήμη
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | κνήμη • | κνήμες • |
| genitive | κνήμης • | κνημών • |
| accusative | κνήμη • | κνήμες • |
| vocative | κνήμη • | κνήμες • |
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