1. κνήμη · knēmē — Beekes
part between knee and ankle, leg, shank
The corpus record
κνήμη
kneme
part between knee and ankle, leg, shank
Figures and citations on this page are drawn from the audited corpus; none are written from memory.
Distribution
- On the Art of Horsemanship 7 · 10.07/10k
- Canticum 1 · 5.14/10k
- Apollodorus Against Nicostratus 1 · 5/10k
- Shield of Heracles 1 · 3.09/10k
- De aere aquis et locis 1 · 1.35/10k
- Plutus 1 · 1.24/10k
- Iliad 13 · 1.17/10k
- Phoenissae 1 · 1.04/10k
- Phaedo 1 · 0.46/10k
- Deuteronomium 1 · 0.45/10k
- Histories 7 · 0.38/10k
- Isaias 1 · 0.38/10k
Densest 12 of 18 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.
Senses
2. κνήμη · knēmē — Chantraine
où par métaphore «tige d
3. Κνήμη · Knēmē — Chantraine
«jambe, tibia » existe encore en grec moderne
4. κνήμη · knēmē — Chantraine
548 --- poserait avec un vocalisme différent i
5. κνήμη · knēmē — Frisk
Schienbein
6. κνήμη · knēmē — Frisk
Zum Ausdruck ξυ-κνήμιδες Ἀχαιοί (aus myken
7. κνήμ-η · knēm-ē — LSJ
part between knee and ankle, leg, shank
Attestations
- κνήμῃσιν · knēmēisin Iliad 3.330
- κνῆμαί · knēmai Iliad 4.147
- κνήμην · knēmēn Iliad 4.519
- κνήμας · knēmas Iliad 10.573
- κνήμῃσιν · knēmēisin Iliad 11.17
- κνημάων · knēmaōn Iliad 13.71
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Deep etymology
Authority pointers, pending review
These are the etymology authorities that treat this word, with their exact locators. They are bibliographic pointers, not a published word history: no root, reconstruction, derivation, cognate, or origin is asserted here.
- scan p. 770; entry #3263
Review: Under source audit
OCR root-candidate values are withheld pending source verification, rights review, and scholarly review. No root, reconstruction, cognate, or historical relationship is asserted here.
- scan p. 561; entry #4088 Review: Under source audit
- scan p. 915; entry #3073
Review: Under source audit
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