κνημός

knemos

projecting limb, shoulder

Appears 7 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Iliad 5
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Book 2 1
Chapter ?

2821
Book 11 1
Chapter ?

11105
Book 21 2
Chapter ?

21449
21559
Book 23 1
Chapter ?

23117
Odyssey 2
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Book 4 1
Chapter ?

4337
Book 17 1
Chapter ?

17128

Dictionary (LSJ)

κνημός, ὁ, A. projecting limb, shoulder of a mountain (above the foot, Eust. 1498.42), Hom. (always in pl.), Ἴδης κνημοί Il. 2.821, al., cf. Od. 4.337: sg., h.Ap. 283, Orph. A. 465. 2. δημόσιος κ. public grove, prob. in TAM 2(1).64 (Telmessus). II. Arg., = ὀρίγανος, Eust. 265.40.

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