εὔκνημος
Ubi idem et maximus et honestissimus amor est, aliquando praestat morte jungi, quam vita distrahi → Where indeed the greatest and most honourable love exists, it is much better to be joined by death, than separated by life.
English (LSJ)
ον,
A with beautiful ankle, πούς AP5.202 (Asclep.); with handsome legs, of a statue, Plin.HN34.82; of men, Herm. ap. Stob. 1.49.45; with strong calves, UPZ121.6 (ii B.C.). II as Subst., a plant in Nic. Th.648, Al.372.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1075] mit schönen Waden, Poll.; πούς, Asclepds. 30 (V, 203); – εὔκνημος ὀρείη, eine Pflanze, Nic. Th. 648.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
εὔκνημος: -ον, ἔχων καλὰς κνήμας, Ἀνθ. Π. 5. 203, πρβλ. Πλίν. Η. Ν. 34. 8, 21. ΙΙ. εὐκνήμοιο κόμην βρίθουσαν ὀρείης Νικ. Θηρ. 648, ἔνθα ὁ Σχολ. σημειοῦται: «εὐκνήμοιο, ἤγουν εὐκλάδου. ἢ εἶδος βοτάνης», πρβλ. τοῦ αὐτοῦ Ἀλεξιφ. 372.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ος, ον :
aux belles jambes ; subst. ἡ εὔκνημος polycnème, plante.
Étymologie: εὖ, κνῆμις.
