κνήμη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *kónh₂m (“leg”); cognate with English ham (from Proto-Germanic *hammō) and Old Irish cnáim (“bone”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /knɛ̌ː.mɛː/ → /ˈkni.mi/ → /ˈkni.mi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /knɛ̌ː.mɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈkne̝.me̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈkni.mi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈkni.mi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈkni.mi/

Noun

κνήμη • (knḗmē) f (genitive κνήμης); first declension

1. (anatomy) shin, tibia
2. spoke of a wheel

Declension

First declension of ἡ κνήμη; τῆς κνήμης (Attic)

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.

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^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • leg idem, page 484.
• “κνήμη”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κνήμη (knḗmē).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈknimi/

Noun

κνήμη • (kními) f (plural κνήμες)

1. (anatomy) shin, tibia

   Synonyms: (colloquial) καλάμι (kalámi), ("front edge of shin") αντικνήμιο (antiknímio)

Declension

Declension of κνήμη

	singular	plural
nominative	κνήμη (kními)	κνήμες (knímes)
genitive	κνήμης (knímis)	κνημών (knimón)
accusative	κνήμη (kními)	κνήμες (knímes)
vocative	κνήμη (kními)	κνήμες (knímes)