ἐπιγουνίς
ἐπιγουνίς, the part above the knee, the great muscle of the thigh
ἐπιγουν-ίς, ίδος, ἡ,
- part above the knee, great muscle of the thigh, taken as a sign of strength and vigour, κεν . . μεγάλην ἐπιγουνίδα θεῖτο he would grow a stout thigh-muscle, Od. 17.225; οἵην ἐπιγουνίδα φαίνει 18.74, cf. Theoc. 26.34, Alciphr. 3.19, Philostr. Im. 2.24; prob. in this sense in A.R. 3.875.
- II = ἐπιγονατίς, knee-pan, Hp. Art. 70, 77, Philostr. Gym. 35; knee, Arat. 254, 614.
ἐπι·γουνίς, ίδος (ἡ)
1 la partie de la jambe au-dessus du genou, cuisse, Od. 17, 225 ; 18, 74 ; Thcr. Idyl. 26, 34 ; Luc. Herc. 8 ; Alciphr. 3, 19, etc. ||
2 rotule, os du genou, Hpc. 279, 19 ; p. ext. genou, A. Rh. 2, 875 ; Anth. 5, 255.
Étym. ἐπί, γόνυ.
1. dijbeenspier.
2. knieholte.
ἐπιγουνίς, ίδος, ἡ, der Teil oberhalb des Knies, Lende, Od. 17.225, 18.74 ; Theocr. 26.34 u. Sp. – Bei Hippocr. = ἐπιγονατίς, Kniescheibe. – Bei Ap.Rh. 3.375 u. a. sp.D., wie Paul.Sil. 7 (V.255), das Knie selbst.
ἐπιγουνίς
-ίδος, ἡ
[ἐπι- 1 + γουν-, γόνυ.]
The great extensor muscle of the thigh Od. 17.225, Od. 18.74.
ἐπιγουνίς , ίδος (γόνυ, ‘above the knee’): thigh; μεγάλην ἐπιγουνίδα θεῖτο, ‘grow a stout thigh,’ Od. 17.225. (Od.)
ἐπιγουνίς
ἐπι-γουνίς, ίδος
γόνυ
- the part above the knee, the great muscle of the thigh, μεγάλην ἐπιγουνίδα θεῖτο he would grow a stout thigh-muscle, Od.