γόνῠ
γόνῠ,
τό, gen.
γόνατος, Ep. and Ion.
γούνατος (for
γόνvατος)
Il. 21.591 ,
Hdt. 2.80 : pl. nom.
A). 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.), but
γόννα acc. to
St.Byz. s.v.
Γόννοι ,
Eust. 335.39 : gen. pl.
γόνων Alc. Supp. 10 :
E). has
γουνάτων Hec. 752 ,
839 ,
γούνασι Supp. 285 (lyr.),
Andr. 529 (lyr.), but not
γουνός (
γοῦν’ acc. pl. was read by Sch. in
Ph. 852 ): gen. pl.
γεύνων,
Hsch.:—
knee,
γόνυ γουνὸς ἀμείβων Il. 11.547 , etc.: freq. of
clasping the knees 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 γούναθ’ ἱκάνομαι Il. 18.457 , cf.
Od. 7.147 , etc.;
κιχανόμενοι τὰ σὰ γοῦνα ἱκόμεθ’ 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 on my knees,
S. Ph. 485 );
πίπτειν πρὸς τὰ γ.,
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 .
2). of a sitting posture,
φημί μιν ἀσπασίως γ. κάμψειν will be glad to bend
the knee so as to sit down and rest,
Il. 7.118 , cf.
19.72 ; but also, bow
the knee in submission,
ἐμοὶ κάμψει (intr.)
πᾶν γ. LXX Is. 45.23 ;
γ. ὀκλάζειν τινί ib.
3 Ki. 19.18 , v. sub
κάμπτω:
ἐπὶ γούνασι on one's
knees,
ἐπὶ γούνασι πατρός Il. 22.500 ;
ποτὶ γ. 5.408 ;
γούνασιν ἐφέσσεσθαι φίλον υἱόν 9.455 ;
σ’ ἐπ’ 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
lap (as an offering),
Il. 6.92 , cf.
Schwyzer l.c.: hence metaph.,
θεῶν ἐν γούνασι κεῖται it rests
in the lap of .. ,
Il. 17.514 ,
Od. 1.267 , etc.; but
ἐν γούνασιν πίτνοντα Νίκας victorious,
Pi. I. 2.26 .
3). of the knees as the seat of strength,
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 γούνατ’ ἔλυσεν 11.579 ;
βλάπτειν γ.,
7.271 ,
21.52 :— Pass.,
αὐτοῦ λύτο γούνατα 21.114 , etc.
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Headword (normalized):
γόνῠ
Headword (normalized/stripped):
γονυ
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">γόνῠ</span>, <span class="gen greek">τό</span>, gen. <span class="foreign greek">γόνατος</span>, Ep. and Ion. <span class="foreign greek">γούνατος</span> (for <span class="foreign greek">γόνvατος</span>) <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:21:591" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:21.591/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 21.591 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:80" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2.80/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 2.80 </a>: pl. nom. <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="quote greek">γούνατα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5:176" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:5.176/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 5.176 </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg002.perseus-grc1:587" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg002.perseus-grc1:587/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hes.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Op.</span> 587 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:199" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.199/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 1.199 </a>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Schwyzer</span> 694.7 </span> (Chios, iv B. C.), gen. <span class="quote greek">γουνάτων</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:9:76" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:9.76/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 9.76 </a> , dat. <span class="quote greek">γούνασι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:9:455" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:9.455/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 9.455 </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:152" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4.152/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 4.152 </a> (also <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg004.perseus-grc1:2:26" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg004.perseus-grc1:2.26/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">I.</span> 2.26 </a>), <span class="quote greek">γονάτεσσι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0005.tlg001.perseus-grc1:16:11" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0005.tlg001.perseus-grc1:16.11/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Theoc.</span> 16.11 </a> , <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Epigr.Gr.</span> 782 </span> (Halic.); also Ep. gen. <span class="foreign greek">γουνός</span> (expl. as for <span class="foreign greek">γόνυος</span> by Hdn.Gr.<span class="bibl"> 2.768 </span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0082.tlg004:342:9" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0082.tlg004:342.9/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.D.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Synt.</span> 342.9 </a>) <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:11:547" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:11.547/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 11.547 </a>: pl. <span class="quote greek">γοῦνα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6:511" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:6.511/canonical-url/"> 6.511 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">γούνων</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:407" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:1.407/canonical-url/"> 1.407 </a> , al.: dat. <span class="quote greek">γούνεσσι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:9:488" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:9.488/canonical-url/"> 9.488 </a> , al.( v.l. <span class="ref greek">γούνασσι</span> ):— Aeol. acc. pl. <span class="quote greek">γόνα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0383.tlg001:39:7" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0383.tlg001:39.7/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Alc.</span> 39.7 </a> (prob.), but <span class="foreign greek">γόννα</span> acc. to <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">St.Byz.</span> </span> s.v. <span class="ref greek">Γόννοι</span> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg4083.tlg001:335:39" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg4083.tlg001:335.39/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Eust.</span> 335.39 </a>: gen. pl. <span class="quote greek">γόνων</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Alc.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Supp.</span> 10 </span> : </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>E).</strong></span> has <span class="quote greek">γουνάτων</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Hec.</span> 752 </span> , <span class="bibl"> 839 </span>, <span class="quote greek">γούνασι</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Supp.</span> 285 </span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Andr.</span> 529 </span> (lyr.), but not <span class="foreign greek">γουνός </span>(<span class="foreign greek">γοῦν’</span> acc. pl. was read by Sch. in <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ph.</span> 852 </span>): gen. pl. <span class="foreign greek">γεύνων</span>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hsch.</span></span>:—<span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">knee</span>, <span class="quote greek">γόνυ γουνὸς ἀμείβων</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:11:547" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:11.547/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 11.547 </a> , etc.: freq. of <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">clasping the knees</span> in earnest supplication, <span class="quote greek">ἥψατο γούνων</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:512" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:1.512/canonical-url/"> 1.512 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἑλεῖν, λαβεῖν γούνων</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:21:71" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:21.71/canonical-url/"> 21.71 </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:407" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:1.407/canonical-url/"> 1.407 </a>, etc.; <span class="quote greek">τῶν γουνάτων λαβέσθαι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:9:76" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:9.76/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 9.76 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">ποτὶ</span> ( v.l. <span class="ref greek">περὶ</span> ) or <span class="quote greek">ἀμφὶ γούνασί τινος χεῖρας βαλεῖν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:6:310" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:6.310/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 6.310 </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:7:142" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:7.142/canonical-url/"> 7.142 </a>; <span class="quote greek">περὶ γόνυ χέρας ἱκεσίους ἔβαλον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg016.perseus-grc1:1414" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg016.perseus-grc1:1414/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Or.</span> 1414 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg015.perseus-grc1:1622" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg015.perseus-grc1:1622/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ph.</span> 1622 </a>, etc.; <span class="quote greek">τὰ σὰ γούναθ’ ἱκάνομαι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:18:457" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:18.457/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 18.457 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:7:147" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:7.147/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 7.147 </a>, etc.; <span class="quote greek">κιχανόμενοι τὰ σὰ γοῦνα ἱκόμεθ’</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:9:266" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:9.266/canonical-url/"> 9.266 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἀντίος ἤλυθε γούνων</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:20:463" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:20.463/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 20.463 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">γόνυ σὸν ἀμπίσχειν χερί</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg008.perseus-grc1:165" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg008.perseus-grc1:165/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Supp.</span> 165 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">σοῖς προστίθημι γόνασιν ὠλένας</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg006.perseus-grc1:895" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg006.perseus-grc1:895/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Andr.</span> 895 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">ἐς γούνατά τινι</span> or <span class="quote greek">τινος πεσεῖν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5:86" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5.86/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 5.86 </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg007.perseus-grc1:1607" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg007.perseus-grc1:1607/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OC</span> 1607 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ἀμφὶ γόνυ τινὸς πίπτειν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg007.perseus-grc1:787" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg007.perseus-grc1:787/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Hec.</span> 787 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">γόνυ τινός</span> or <span class="foreign greek">πρὸς γόνυ προσπίπτειν</span> ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg007.perseus-grc1:339" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg007.perseus-grc1:339/canonical-url/"> 339 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg009.perseus-grc1:79" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg009.perseus-grc1:79/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HF</span> 79 </a>; <span class="quote greek">γόνασί τινος προσπίπτειν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg016.perseus-grc1:1332" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg016.perseus-grc1:1332/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Or.</span> 1332 </a> (but <span class="foreign greek">προσπίτνω σε γόνασιν</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">on my knees</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg006.perseus-grc1:485" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg006.perseus-grc1:485/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ph.</span> 485 </a>); <span class="foreign greek">πίπτειν πρὸς τὰ γ.</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0540.tlg001.perseus-grc1:19" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0540.tlg001.perseus-grc1:19/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lys.</span> 1.19 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg019.perseus-grc1:198" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg019.perseus-grc1:198/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> 19.198 </a>; also <span class="quote greek">γούνων λίσσεσθαι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:9:451" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:9.451/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 9.451 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἐλλιτανεύειν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:10:481" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:10.481/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 10.481 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">γουνάζεσθαι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:22:345" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:22.345/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 22.345 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἄντεσθαι πρὸς τῶν γονάτων</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg003.perseus-grc1:710" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg003.perseus-grc1:710/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Med.</span> 710 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἱκετεῦσαι πρὸς τ. γ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg058.perseus-grc1:70" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg058.perseus-grc1:70/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> 58.70 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> of a sitting posture, <span class="foreign greek">φημί μιν ἀσπασίως γ. κάμψειν</span> will be glad to bend <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">the knee</span> so as to sit down and rest, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7:118" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:7.118/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 7.118 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:19:72" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:19.72/canonical-url/"> 19.72 </a>; but also, bow <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">the knee</span> in submission, <span class="foreign greek">ἐμοὶ κάμψει</span> (intr.) <span class="quote greek">πᾶν γ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg048:45:23" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg048:45.23/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">LXX</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Is.</span> 45.23 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">γ. ὀκλάζειν τινί</span> ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg013:19:18" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg013:19.18/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">3 Ki.</span> 19.18 </a>, v. sub <span class="foreign greek">κάμπτω</span>: <span class="foreign greek">ἐπὶ γούνασι</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">on</span> one\'s <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">knees</span>, <span class="quote greek">ἐπὶ γούνασι πατρός</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:22:500" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:22.500/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 22.500 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ποτὶ γ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5:408" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:5.408/canonical-url/"> 5.408 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">γούνασιν ἐφέσσεσθαι φίλον υἱόν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:9:455" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:9.455/canonical-url/"> 9.455 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">σ’ ἐπ’ ἐμοῖσι .. γούνεσσι καθίσσας</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:9:488" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:9.488/canonical-url/"> 9.488 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">τόν ῥά οἱ .. ἐπὶ γούνασι θῆκεν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:19:401" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:19.401/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 19.401 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἐν τοῖς γόνασί τινος στρέφεσθαι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:617b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:617b/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">R.</span> 617b </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">πέπλον .. θεῖναι Ἀθηναίης ἐπὶ γούνασιν</span> to lay it on her <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">lap</span> (as an offering), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6:92" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:6.92/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 6.92 </a>, cf. <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Schwyzer</span> l.c.: hence metaph., <span class="foreign greek">θεῶν ἐν γούνασι κεῖται</span> it rests <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">in the lap of</span> .. , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:17:514" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:17.514/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 17.514 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:1:267" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:1.267/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 1.267 </a>, etc.; but <span class="foreign greek">ἐν γούνασιν πίτνοντα Νίκας</span> victorious, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg004.perseus-grc1:2:26" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg004.perseus-grc1:2.26/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">I.</span> 2.26 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> of the knees as the seat of strength, <span class="quote greek">ἐν δὲ βίην ὤμοισι καὶ ἐν γούνεσσιν ἔθηκε</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:17:569" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:17.569/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 17.569 </a> ; of swiftness, <span class="quote greek">λαιψηρά γ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:22:204" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:22.204/canonical-url/"> 22.204 </a> , etc.; <span class="foreign greek">γούνατά τινος λύειν</span> disable, kill him, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5:176" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:5.176/canonical-url/"> 5.176 </a>, etc.; <span class="quote greek">ὑπὸ γούνατ’ ἔλυσεν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:11:579" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:11.579/canonical-url/"> 11.579 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">βλάπτειν γ.</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7:271" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:7.271/canonical-url/"> 7.271 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:21:52" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:21.52/canonical-url/"> 21.52 </a>:— Pass., <span class="quote greek">αὐτοῦ λύτο γούνατα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:21:114" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:21.114/canonical-url/"> 21.114 </a> , etc. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>4).</strong></span> metaph., <span class="foreign greek">ἐς γόνυ βάλλειν</span> bring down upon <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">the knee</span>, i. e. humble, conquer, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6:27" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6.27/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 6.27 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ἐς γ. ῥίπτειν, κλίνειν</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0551.tlg017.perseus-grc1:3:20" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0551.tlg017.perseus-grc1:3.20/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">App.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">BC</span> 3.20 </a>,<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0551.tlg017.perseus-grc1:30" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0551.tlg017.perseus-grc1:30/canonical-url/"> 30 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ἐς γ. ἐλθεῖν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg4029.tlg002:14" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg4029.tlg002:14/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Procop.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Arc.</span> 14 </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg4029.tlg001:1:17" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg4029.tlg001:1.17/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pers.</span> 1.17 </a>; <span class="quote greek">Ἀσία δὲ χθὼν .. ἐπὶ γόνυ κέκλιται</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg002.perseus-grc1:931" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg002.perseus-grc1:931/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pers.</span> 931 </a> (lyr.). </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>5).</strong></span> prov., <span class="foreign greek">ἀπωτέρω ἢ γόνυ κνάμα</span> \'blood is thicker than water\', \'charity begins at home\', <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0005.tlg001.perseus-grc1:16:18" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0005.tlg001.perseus-grc1:16.18/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Theoc.</span> 16.18 </a>; <span class="quote greek">γ. κνήμης ἔγγιον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg010.perseus-grc1:1168b:8" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg010.perseus-grc1:1168b.8/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">EN</span> 1168b8 </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0008.tlg001.perseus-grc1:9:383b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0008.tlg001.perseus-grc1:9.383b/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ath.</span> 9.383b </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">joint</span> of grasses or plants, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:98" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3.98/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 3.98 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg006.perseus-grc1:4:5:26" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg006.perseus-grc1:4:5:26/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">An.</span> 4.5.26 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg001:8:2:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg001:8:2:4/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Thphr.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HP</span> 8.2.4 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2034.tlg004:19" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2034.tlg004:19/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Porph.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Antr.</span> 19 </a>. (Cf. Skt. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">jā´nu</span>, Lat. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">genu</span>, etc.)</div> </div><br><br>'}