ἐϋκνήμις

Ancient Greek

Etymology 1

ἐϋ- (eü-, good) +‎ κνημῐ́ς (knēmĭ́s, greave)

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Adjective

ἐϋκνήμῑς • (eüknḗmīsm or f (neuter ἐϋκνήμῑ); third declension

  1. (Epic) well-greaved, having good leg armor (epithet of the Achaeans)
    • c. 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 1.17:
      Ἀτρεΐδαι τε καὶ ἄλλοι ἐϋκνήμιδες Ἀχαιοί
      Atreḯdai te kaì álloi eüknḗmides Akhaioí
      Atreids and other well-greaved Achaeans
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Etymology 2

ἐϋ- (eü-, good) +‎ κνήμη (knḗmē, spoke)

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Adjective

ἐϋκνήμῑς • (eüknḗmīsm or f (neuter ἐϋκνήμῑ); third declension

  1. (Epic) well-spoked, having good spokes
    • c. 450 CE – 470 CE, Nonnus, Dionysiaca 7.139–140:
      καὶ ὄρθιος ἄκρα κονίης / λεπτὸς ἐυκνήμιδος ἐπέγραφεν ὁλκὸς ἀπήνης·
      kaì órthios ákra koníēs / leptòs euknḗmidos epégraphen holkòs apḗnēs;
      And going straight, at the tops of the dust / did the fine track of her well-spoked wagon scratch;
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