γόνυ
γόνυ, τό, gen. γόνατος, Ep. and Ion. γούνατος (for γόνϝατος) Il. 21.591, Hdt. 2.80: pl. nom. γούνατα Il. 5.176, Hes. Op. 587, Hdt. 1.199, Schwyzer 694.7 ( Chios, iv B. C.), gen. γουνάτων Hdt. 9.76, dat. γούνασι Il. 9.455, Hdt. 4.152 (also Pi. I. 2.26), γονάτεσσι Theoc. 16.11, Epigr.Gr. 782 (Halic.); also Ep. gen. γουνός (expl. as for γόνυος by Hdn.Gr. 2.768, A.D. Synt. 342.9) Il. 11.547: pl. γοῦνα 6.511; γούνων 1.407, al.: dat. γούνεσσι 9.488, al. (v.l. γούνασσι):— Aeol. acc. pl. γόνα Alc. 39.7 (prob.): gen. pl. γόνων Alc. 44.7 L.-P., hyper-Aeol. acc. pl. γόννα acc. to St.Byz. s.v. γόννοι, Eust. 335.39; dat.pl. γόννοις Theoc. 30.18: S. has γούνατα OC 1607, E. has γουνάτων Hec. 752, 839, γούνασι Supp. 285 (lyr.), Andr. 529 (lyr.), but not γουνός ( γοῦνʼ acc. pl. was read by Sch. in Ph. 852): gen. pl. γεύνων, Hsch.:—
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"definition": "<i>knee,</i> γόνυ γουνὸς ἀμείβων Il. 11.547, etc.: freq. of <i>clasping the knees</i> in earnest supplication, ἥψατο γούνων 1.512; ἑλεῖν, λαβεῖν γούνων 21.71, 1.407, etc.; τῶν γουνάτων λαβέσθαι Hdt. 9.76; ποτὶ (v.l. περὶ) or ἀμφὶ γούνασί τινος χεῖρας βαλεῖν Od. 6.310, 7.142; περὶ γόνυ χέρας ἱκεσίους ἔβαλον E. Or. 1414, cf. Ph. 1622, etc.; τὰ σὰ γούναθʼ ἱκάνομαι Il. 18.457, cf. Od. 7.147, etc.; κιχανόμενοι τὰ σὰ γοῦνα ἱκόμεθʼ 9.266; ἀντίος ἤλυθε γούνων Il. 20.463; γόνυ σὸν ἀμπίσχειν χερί E. Supp. 165; σοῖς προστίθημι γόνασιν ὠλένας Id. Andr. 895; ἐς γούνατά τινι or τινος πεσεῖν Hdt. 5.86, S. OC 1607; ἀμφὶ γόνυ τινὸς πίπτειν E. Hec. 787; γόνυ τινός or πρὸς γόνυ προσπίπτειν ib. 339, HF 79; γόνασί τινος προσπίπτειν Id. Or. 1332 (but προσπίτνω σε γόνασιν <i>on my knees,</i> S. Ph. 485); πίπτειν πρὸς τὰ γ. τινος, τινι, Lys. 1.19, D. 19.198; also γούνων λίσσεσθαι Il. 9.451; ἐλλιτανεύειν Od. 10.481; γουνάζεσθαι Il. 22.345; ἄντεσθαι πρὸς τῶν γονάτων E. Med. 710; ἱκετεῦσαι πρὸς τ. γ. D. 58.70.",
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"quote": "τῶν γουνάτων λαβέσθαι",
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"quote": "ἀμφὶ γούνασί τινος χεῖρας βαλεῖν",
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"quote": "τινος πεσεῖν",
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"quote": "ἀμφὶ γόνυ τινὸς πίπτειν",
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"quote": "γούνων λίσσεσθαι",
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"quote": "ἐλλιτανεύειν",
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"quote": "ἱκετεῦσαι πρὸς τ. γ.",
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"definition": "φημί μιν ἀσπασίως γ. κάμψειν will be glad to bend <i>the knee</i> so as to sit down and rest, Il. 7.118, cf. 19.72; but also, bow <i>the knee</i> in submission, ἐμοὶ κάμψει (intr.) πᾶν γ. LXX Is. 45.23; γ. ὀκλάζειν τινί ib. 3 Ki. 19.18, v. sub κάμπτω: ἐπὶ γούνασι <i>on</i> oneʼs <i>knees,</i> ἐπὶ γούνασι πατρός Il. 22.500; ποτὶ γ. 5.408; γούνασιν ἐφέσσεσθαι φίλον υἱόν 9.455; σʼ ἐπʼ ἐμοῖσι . . γούνεσσι καθίσσας 9.488; τόν ῥά οἱ . . ἐπὶ γούνασι θῆκεν Od. 19.401; ἐν τοῖς γόνασί τινος στρέφεσθαι Pl. R. 617b; πέπλον . . θεῖναι Ἀθηναίης ἐπὶ γούνασιν to lay it on her <i>lap</i> (as an offering), Il. 6.92, cf. Schwyzer l.c.: hence metaph., θεῶν ἐν γούνασι κεῖται it rests <i>in the lap of</i> . . , Il. 17.514, Od. 1.267, etc.; but ἐν γούνασιν πίτνοντα Νίκας victorious, Pi. I. 2.26.",
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"quote": "πᾶν γ.",
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"quote": "ποτὶ γ.",
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"quote": "γούνασιν ἐφέσσεσθαι φίλον υἱόν",
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"quote": "σʼ ἐπʼ ἐμοῖσι . . γούνεσσι καθίσσας",
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"definition": "ἐν δὲ βίην ὤμοισι καὶ ἐν γούνεσσιν ἔθηκε Il. 17.569; of swiftness, λαιψηρά γ. 22.204, etc.; γούνατά τινος λύειν disable, kill him, 5.176, etc.; ὑπὸ γούνατʼ ἔλυσεν 11.579; βλάπτειν γ. τινι, κάματος δʼ ὑπὸ γ. ἐδάμνα, 7.271, 21.52:— Pass., αὐτοῦ λύτο γούνατα 21.114, etc.",
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"quote": "λαιψηρά γ.",
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"quote": "ὑπὸ γούνατʼ ἔλυσεν",
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"definition": "ἐς γόνυ βάλλειν bring down upon <i>the knee,</i> i. e. humble, conquer, Hdt. 6.27; ἐς γ. ῥίπτειν, κλίνειν, App. BC 3.20, 30; ἐς γ. ἐλθεῖν Procop. Arc. 14, Pers. 1.17; Ἀσία δὲ χθὼν . . ἐπὶ γόνυ κέκλιται A. Pers. 931 (lyr.).",
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"definition": "ἀπωτέρω ἢ γόνυ κνάμα ‘blood is thicker than water’, ‘charity begins at home’, Theoc. 16.18; γ. κνήμης ἔγγιον Arist. EN 1168b8, Ath. 9.383b.",
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"definition": "<i>joint</i> of grasses or plants, Hdt. 3.98, X. An. 4.5.26, Thphr. HP 8.2.4, Porph. Antr. 19. (Cf. Skt. já̄nu, Lat. genu, etc.)",
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