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[[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[γόνυ]], τό.

[[fall on one's knees]], v.: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[προσκυνεῖν]].

[[bend the knee]]: . [[verse|V.]] [[κάμπτειν γόνυ]], or use [[κάμπτειν]] alone.

[[they bowed their knees to earth in weariness]]: [[verse|V.]] ἐς δὲ [[γῆν γόνυ καμάτῳ καθεῖσαν]] ([[Euripides|Eur.]], ''[[Iphigenia in Tauris]]'' 332).

[[bring]] (an [[enemy]]) [[to his knees]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[παρίστασθαι]] (acc.).

[[fall at a person's knees]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[προσκυνεῖν]] ([[τινά]]), [[prose|P.]] [[πίπτειν πρὸς τὰ γόνατά]] ([[τινός]]), [[verse|V.]] [[γόνασι προσπίπτειν]] ([[τινός]]), [[προσπίπτειν γόνυ]] ([[τινός]]), [[ἀμφὶ γόνυ πίπτειν]] ([[τινός]]), [[προσπίτνειν γόνυ]] ([[τινός]]), [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[προσπίπτειν]] ([[τινά]] or [[τινί]]) (also [[Xenophon|Xen.]] but rare [[prose|P.]]).
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