ἐπιγουνίς
From LSJ
Δρυὸς πεσούσης πᾶς ἀνὴρ ξυλεύεται → Quercu cadente, nemo ignatu abstinet → Fiel erst die Eiche, holt ein jeder Mann sich Holz
English (LSJ)
ίδος, ἡ,
A part above the knee, great muscle of the thigh, taken as a sign of strength and vigour, κεν . . μεγάλην ἐπιγουνίδα θεῖτο he would grow a stout thigh-muscle, Od.17.225; οἵην ἐπιγουνίδα φαίνει 18.74,cf. Theoc. 26.34, Alciphr.3.19, Philostr.Im.2.24; prob. in this sense in A.R.3.875. II. = ἐπιγονατίς, knee-pan, Hp.Art.70,77, Philostr.Gym.35; knee, Arat.254,614.
