κνημίς

knemis

greave, legging

Appears 3 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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De Mundo 1
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Chapter 6 397b7–401a11

399b4
History of Animals 1
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Book V 1
Chapter 16 548a22–549a13

548b2
Poetics 1
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Chapter 25 1460b6–1461b25

1461a28

Dictionary (LSJ)

κνημίς, ῖδος, ἡ, Aeol. acc. κνᾶμιν Eust. 265.18 (corrupted to κνῆμιν in Choerob. in Theod. 1.327); Aeol. nom. pl. κνάμῐδες Alc. 15.4: (κνήμη):—A. greave, legging, κνημῖδας μὲν πρῶτα περὶ κνήμῃσιν ἔθηκε ἀργυρέοισιν ἐπισφυρίοις ἀραρυίας Il. 19.369; τεῦξε δέ οἱ κνημῖδας . . κασσιτέροιο 18.613; κ. ὀρειχάλκοιο φαεινοῦ Hes. Sc. 122; βόειαι κ. oxhide leggings, Od. 24.229, cf. Plb. 11.9.4; sg., Il. 21.592, Luc. Rh.Pr. 18. II. spoke of a wheel, D.S. 18.27. III. = κνημός I, D.P. 714.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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