Hellas Alive Dictionary - επιγουνις

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ἐπιγουνίς

Third declension Noun; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐπιγουνίς ἐπιγουνίδος

Structure: ἐπιγουνιδ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: go/nu

Sense

the part above the knee, the great muscle of the thigh, thigh-muscle

Declension

Third declension

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἐπιγουνίς	ἐπιγουνίδε	ἐπιγουνίδες
Genitive	ἐπιγουνίδος	ἐπιγουνίδοιν	ἐπιγουνίδων
Dative	ἐπιγουνίδι	ἐπιγουνίδοιν	ἐπιγουνίσιν*
Accusative	ἐπιγουνίδα	ἐπιγουνίδε	ἐπιγουνίδας
Vocative	ἐπιγουνί	ἐπιγουνίδε	ἐπιγουνίδες

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

εἰή δ’, ὦ θεοί, καὶ τὰ παρ’ ὑμῶν ἐμπνεῦσαι δεξιά, ὡσ νῦν γε μάλιστα πλησιστίου τε καὶ ἐσθλοῦ ἑταίρου ἀνέμου δεόμεθα, ἵνα, εἰ ἄξιοι φαινοίμεθα, καὶ ἡμῖν τὸ Ὁμηρικὸν ἐκεῖνο ἐπιφθέγξηταί τίσ, οἱήν ἐκ ῥακέων ὁ γέρων ἐπιγουνίδα φαίνει. (Lucian, Hercules, 8:5)
χαίροι μὲν Διόνυσοσ, ὃν ἐν Δρακάνῳ νιφόεντι Ζεὺσ ὕπατοσ μεγάλαν ἐπιγουνίδα κάτθετο λύσασ· (Theocritus, Idylls, 20)
τόν κ’ εἴ μοι δοίησ σταθμῶν ῥυτῆρα γενέσθαι σηκοκόρον τ’ ἔμεναι θαλλόν τ’ ἐρίφοισι φορῆναι, καί κεν ὀρὸν πίνων μεγάλην ἐπιγουνίδα θεῖτο. (Homer, Odyssey, Book 17 32:4)
"ἦ τάχα Ἶροσ Αἴ̈ροσ ἐπίσπαστον κακὸν ἕξει, οἱήν ἐκ ῥακέων ὁ γέρων ἐπιγουνίδα φαίνει. (Homer, Odyssey, Book 18 14:1)

Synonyms

the part above the knee
- ἰγνύα (the part behind the thigh and knee, the ham)

Similar forms

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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ἐπιγουνίς

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the part above the knee

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Declension

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Synonyms

the part above the knee

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