- κνημός
- κνημόςGrammatical information: m.Meaning: geographical term (Hom., h. Ap. 283, Orph. A. 465), e. g. Ἴδης ἐν κνημοῖσι (Il.), meaning uncertain, prob `projecting part, shoulder of a mountain', δημόσιος κνημός `public grove' (TAM 2 : 1, 64, Telmessos; not quite certain); also = ὀρίγανος (Arg., Eust. 265, 40).Derivatives: Denomin. κνημῶσαι περιχῶσαι, φράξαι, φθεῖραι, κλεῖσαι, ἐλθεῖν; κνημοῦμαι φθείρομαι, κνημωθῆναι φθαρῆναι, διεκνημώσατο διέφθειρε H. In the sense `encircle etc.' cf. κνημός = `grove'; unclear = φθεῖραι (cf. κνημίαι φθοραί H. and Scheller Oxytonierung 63f.).Origin: IE [Indo-European]X [probably] [614] *kneh₂-m-, *konh₂-m- `mountain-forest'Etymology: The meaning of κνημός recalls NLG hamm `mountain-forest' (Fick KZ 21, 368), which however agrees rather with MLG. ham `piece of land fenced in', NLG hamme `field fenced in' and can be explained differently. - Connection with κνήμη ("shank of a mountain"?; acc. to Eust. 1498, 42 = `what is above the foot'), remains uncertain.Page in Frisk: 1,883-884
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.