knee
From LSJ
ἐφ' ἁρμαμαξῶν μαλθακῶς κατακείμενοι → reclining softly on litters, reclining luxuriously in covered carriages
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
fall on one's knees, v.: P. and V. προσκυνεῖν.
bend the knee: . V. κάμπτειν γόνυ, or use κάμπτειν alone.
they bowed their knees to earth in weariness: V. ἐς δὲ γῆν γόνυ καμάτῳ καθεῖσαν (Euripides, Iphigenia in Tauris 332).
bring (an enemy) to his knees: P. and V. παρίστασθαι (acc.).
fall at a person's knees: P. and V. προσκυνεῖν (τινά), P. πίπτειν πρὸς τὰ γόνατά (τινός), V. γόνασι προσπίπτειν (τινός), προσπίπτειν γόνυ (τινός), ἀμφὶ γόνυ πίπτειν (τινός), προσπίτνειν γόνυ (τινός), Ar. and V. προσπίπτειν (τινά or τινί) (also Xen. but rare P.).
