"κνήμη" meaning in Ancient Greek

See κνήμη in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /knɛ̌ː.mɛː/, /ˈkni.mi/, /ˈkni.mi/, /knɛ̌ː.mɛː/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈkne̝.me̝/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈkni.mi/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈkni.mi/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈkni.mi/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: From Proto-Indo-European *kónh₂m (“leg”); cognate with English ham (from Proto-Germanic *hammō) and Old Irish cnáim (“bone”). Etymology templates: {{inh|grc|ine-pro|*kónh₂m|t=leg}} Proto-Indo-European *kónh₂m (“leg”), {{cog|en|ham}} English ham, {{cog|gem-pro|*hammō}} Proto-Germanic *hammō, {{cog|sga|cnáim|t=bone}} Old Irish cnáim (“bone”) Head templates: {{grc-noun|κνήμης|f|first}} κνήμη • (knḗmē) f (genitive κνήμης); first declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|κνήμη|ης}} Forms: knḗmē [romanization], κνήμης [genitive], Attic declension-1 [table-tags], ἡ κνήμη [nominative, singular], τὼ κνήμᾱ [dual, nominative], αἱ κνῆμαι [nominative, plural], τῆς κνήμης [genitive, singular], τοῖν κνήμαιν [dual, genitive], τῶν κνημῶν [genitive, plural], τῇ κνήμῃ [dative, singular], τοῖν κνήμαιν [dative, dual], ταῖς κνήμαις [dative, plural], τὴν κνήμην [accusative, singular], τὼ κνήμᾱ [accusative, dual], τᾱ̀ς κνήμᾱς [accusative, plural], κνήμη [singular, vocative], κνήμᾱ [dual, vocative], κνῆμαι [plural, vocative]
  1. (anatomy) shin, tibia Categories (topical): Skeleton, Bones
    Sense id: en-κνήμη-grc-noun-XajTEKBU Disambiguation of Bones: 96 4 Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension, Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 88 12 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension: 85 15 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes: 89 11 Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
  2. spoke of a wheel
    Sense id: en-κνήμη-grc-noun-Nt5~H8Lr
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: κνημίς (knēmís), ὀκτάκνημος (oktáknēmos)

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  "derived": [
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      "roman": "knēmís",
      "word": "κνημίς"
    },
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    }
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  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Indo-European *kónh₂m (“leg”); cognate with English ham (from Proto-Germanic *hammō) and Old Irish cnáim (“bone”).",
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      ]
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        ],
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        ]
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      "ipa": "/knɛ̌ː.mɛː/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkni.mi/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkni.mi/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/knɛ̌ː.mɛː/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkne̝.me̝/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkni.mi/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkni.mi/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkni.mi/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
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}
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    "Ancient Greek lemmas",
    "Ancient Greek nouns",
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    "Ancient Greek terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation",
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    },
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        "plural"
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
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      "tags": [
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
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        "singular"
      ]
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "dual"
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      "tags": [
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        "plural"
      ]
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        "vocative"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkni.mi/"
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    {
      "ipa": "/knɛ̌ː.mɛː/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkne̝.me̝/",
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      "ipa": "/ˈkni.mi/",
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      "ipa": "/ˈkni.mi/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkni.mi/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
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