ἐπιγουνίς

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.