κνημίς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κνήμη (knḗmē, “shin, tibia”) +‎ -ίς (-ís).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /knɛː.mǐːs/ → /kniˈmis/ → /kniˈmis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /knɛː.mǐːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kne̝ˈmis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /kniˈmis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /kniˈmis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /kniˈmis/

Noun

κνημῑ́ς • (knēmī́s) f (genitive κνημῖδος); third declension

1. greave, legging
2. spoke of a wheel

Declension

Third declension of ἡ κνημῑ́ς; τῆς κνημῖδος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ κνημῑ́ς hē knēmī́s	τὼ κνημῖδε tṑ knēmîde	αἱ κνημῖδες hai knēmîdes
Genitive	τῆς κνημῖδος tês knēmîdos	τοῖν κνημῑ́δοιν toîn knēmī́doin	τῶν κνημῑ́δων tôn knēmī́dōn
Dative	τῇ κνημῖδῐ têi knēmîdi	τοῖν κνημῑ́δοιν toîn knēmī́doin	ταῖς κνημῖσῐ / κνημῖσῐν taîs knēmîsi(n)
Accusative	τὴν κνημῖδᾰ tḕn knēmîda	τὼ κνημῖδε tṑ knēmîde	τᾱ̀ς κνημῖδᾰς tā̀s knēmîdas
Vocative	κνημῑ́ς knēmī́s	κνημῖδε knēmîde	κνημῖδες knēmîdes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Derived terms

• ἐϋκνήμῑς (eüknḗmīs)

Descendants

• → English: cnemis, cnemid

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