γονύκροτος

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τίς δ' οἶδεν εἰ τὸ ζῆν μέν ἐστι κατθανεῖν, τὸ κατθανεῖν δὲ ζῆν κάτω νομίζεται → who knows if life is death, and if in the underworld death is considered life

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Transliteration A: gonýkrotos Transliteration B: gonykrotos Transliteration C: gonykrotos Beta Code: gonu/krotos

English (LSJ)

ον,

   A knocking the knees together, of the gait of women, Arist.HA538b10 (Comp.); of effeminate men. Anacr.144, Arist.Phgn.808a13, 810a34.

German (Pape)

[Seite 502] mit einwärts gebogenen, zusammenschlagenden Knieen, Zeichen eines geschwächten Körpers, wie der Feigheit, VLL. Bei Arist. Physiogn. 3 als Subst., das Knieschlottern, Zeichen des Cinäden; aber H. A. 4, 11 τὰ θήλεα τῶν ἀῤῥένων γονυκροτώτερά ἐστι.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

γονύκροτος: -ον, ῥαιβός, ὁ ἔχων κεκλιμένα πρὸς τὰ ἔσω τὰ γόνατα καὶ συγκρούων αὐτὰ ἐν τῷ περιπατεῖν, ὡς τὰ τῶν γυναικῶν, τὰ θήλεα τῶν ἀρρένων γονυκροτώτερά ἐστι Ἀριστ. Ἱ. Ζ. 4.11,12· ἐπὶ ἀδυνάτων καὶ δειλῶν, Ἀνακρ. 114, Ἀριστ. Φυσιογν. 3, 9., 6, 5.