γνύξ

From the zero grade of Proto-Indo-European *ǵónu (“knee”), whence also γόνῠ (gónŭ).

γνῠ́ξ • (gnŭ́x)

1. on bended knee

   Synonym: γονῠκλῐνής (gonŭklĭnḗs)

   • c. 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 5.68:

     γνὺξ δ’ ἔριπ’ οἰμώξας, θάνατος δέ μιν ἀμφεκάλυψε.

     gnùx d’ érip’ oimṓxas, thánatos dé min amphekálupse.

     And he fell to his knees with a groan, and death enfolded him.

• “γνύξ”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891), A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• γνύξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• γνύξ in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924), A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “γνύξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press