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γονυπετής

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: γονυπετής γονυπετές

Structure: γονυπετη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: go/nu, pi/ptw

Sense

  1. falling on the knee, kneeling posture

Examples

  • ἐν δὲ ταύταισ τῶν ὑπηκόων αὐτοῦ πρὸσ τὸν Ἀνίκιον μετατιθεμένων ἠξίωσεν ἐντυχεῖν τῷ Ἀνικίῳ, καὶ γονυπετὴσ ἐδεῖτο αὐτοῦ πάνυ αἰσχρῶσ. (Appian, The Foreign Wars, chapter 2 3:5)

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

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