κνήμη

kneme

part between knee and ankle, leg, shank

Appears 16 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Iliad 13
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Book 3 1
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3330
Book 4 2
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4147
4519
Book 10 1
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10573
Book 11 1
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1117
Book 13 1
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1371
Book 14 1
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14468
Book 16 1
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16131
Book 17 1
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17386
Book 18 1
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18411
Book 19 1
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19369
Book 20 1
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2037
Book 21 1
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21591
Odyssey 3
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Book 8 1
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8135
Book 19 1
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19469
Book 24 1
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24228

Dictionary (LSJ)

κνήμη, Dor. κνάμα [νᾱ], ἡ, A. 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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