γονατόομαι
From LSJ
ἄνθρωπός ἐστι πνεῦμα καὶ σκιὰ μόνον → human being is only a breath and a shadow, man is but a breath and a shadow
English (LSJ)
Pass.,
A become or be jointed, of grasses, reeds, etc., Thphr.HP8.2.4, Dsc.3.51.
German (Pape)
[Seite 501] pass., Kniee, Knoten bekommen, wie die Rohrhalme, Theophr.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
γονᾰτόομαι: παθ., προσκτῶμαι ἢ ἔχω ἁρμὸν ἢ κόμβον· ἐπὶ χόρτου, καλάμου, κτλ., Θεόφρ. Ἱ. Φ. 8. 2, 4, Διοσκ. 3. 58.