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κνήμη

κνήμη, the part between the knee and ankle, the leg

κνήμ-η, Dor. κνάμα [νᾱ], ἡ,
  • part between knee and ankle, leg, shank, Il. 4.147, Od. 8.135, Hdt. 6.75, 125, 7.75, E. Ph. 1394, etc.; of a horse, X. Eq. 1.5, 12.10: prov., ἀπωτέρω ἢ γόνυ κνάμα ‘blood is thicker than water’, Theoc. 16.18.
      • 2 Anat., tibia, Gal. 2.774, Ruf. Onom. 123.
      • 3 in plants, stem between two joints, Thphr. HP 9.13.5; κνήμη (v.l. μνήμου) μελίνης dub. sens. in S. Fr. 608.
    • II spoke of a wheel, Poll. 1.144, Eust. 598.4. (Cf. OIr. cnāim ‘bone’, OE. hamm ‘ham’.)

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