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εὔκνημος?

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration: euknēmos

Principal Part: εὔκνημος εὔκνημον

Structure: εὐκνημ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: κνήμη

Sense

  1. with beautiful legs

Examples

  • Λυσιδίκη σοί, Κύπρι, τὸν ἱππαστῆρα μύωπα, χρύσεον εὐκνήμου κέντρον ἔθηκε ποδός, ᾧ πολὺν ὕπτιον ἵππον ἐγύμνασεν οὐ δὲ ποτ αὐτῆς μηρὸς ἐφοινίχθη κοῦφα τινασσομένης: (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 5, chapter 2031)

Synonyms

  1. with beautiful legs

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

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