- κνήμη
- κνήμ-η, [dialect] Dor. [full] 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.HP9.13.5; 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'.)
Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό). 2014.