κνήμη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
 

Noun

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

  1. shin, tibia

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

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)

  1. (anatomy) shin, tibia

Declension
declension of κνήμη
singular plural
nominative κνήμη • κνήμες •
genitive κνήμης • κνημών •
accusative κνήμη • κνήμες •
vocative κνήμη • κνήμες •
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