- ἰγνύη
- ἰγνύηGrammatical information: f.Meaning: `part behind the knee (and the thigh)' (Il.)Other forms: ἰγνύα (Arist.), also forms of *ἰγνύς (ἰγνύσι h. Merc. 152, ἰγνύων, -ύν Arist.)Origin: IE [Indo-European] [380] *genu- `knee'Etymology: From *ἐν-γνύ-η `place in the knee', hypostasis; ἰγνύς after ἰξύς, ὀσφύς and other parts of the body in -ύς. Solmsen Wortforsch. 214f. (Criticism by Ward Lang. 20, 76).Page in Frisk: 1,708
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.