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|lshtext=<b>gĕnu</b>: ūs, n. (also<br /><b>I</b> nom. [[sing]]. gĕnum, n., Front. Ep. ad M. Caes. 5, 44; and gĕ-nus, m., Lucil. ap. Non. 207, 28; gen. [[sing]]. genuis; dat. genui, [[genu]], Mart. Cap. 3, § 293. —In neutr., nom. and acc. [[sing]]. [[genus]], Cic. Arat. 45; 46; 399; 403; plur. gēnu˘˘a˘, as a dissyllable, Carey's Lat. Prosody, § 47; Verg. A. 5, 432; 12, 905; gen. plur. genuorum, Vitr. 9, 6 dub.; dat. plur. genubus, Sen. Thyest. 406; Hippol. 667; Mart. Cap. 3, § 293; [[but]] usu. genibus, Curt. 10, 5, 24; Tac. A. 12, 18; Liv. 44, 31 fin.; Ov. M. 13, 585) [kindr. [[with]] Sanscr. jānu; Gr. [[γόνυ]]; Goth. kniu; Germ. Knie; Engl. [[knee]], the [[knee]].<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: [[meus]] est [[ballista]] [[pugnus]], [[cubitus]] [[catapulta]] est mihi, Umerus [[aries]]: tum [[genu]] ut quemque icero, ad terram dabo, Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 17: hujus [[genus]], Cic. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 3, 22: [[fine]] [[genus]] vestem ritu succincta Dianae, Ov. M. 10, 536: per aquam [[ferme]] [[genus]] [[tenus]] altam, Liv. 44, 40, 8 Drak. N. cr.: in ipsa [[genus]] utriusque [[commissura]], [[knee]]-[[joint]], Plin. 11, 45, 103, § 250: sedatis [[tibi]] doloribus [[genus]], [[Fronto]] Ep. p. 134 Rom.: dolorem [[genus]] suscitare, id. ib. p. 138: ne quem in cursu capite aut [[cubito]] offendam aut [[genu]], Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 3: [[genu]] mehercule M. Antonium vidi, cum [[contente]] pro se [[ipse]] lege [[Varia]] diceret, terram tangere, Cic. Tusc. 2, 24, 57: genua inediā succidunt, Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 30: dumque virent genua, Hor. Epod. 13, 4: genuum junctura, [[knee]]-[[joint]], Ov. M. 2, 823: genuumque tumebat [[orbis]], [[knee]]-[[pan]], id. ib. 8, 809: ad genua accidere, Enn. ap. Non. 517, 16 (Com. Rel. v. 9 Vahl.): procidere, Sen. Contr. 7, 17, 12: ad genua se alicui submittere, Suet. Tib. 20; cf.: genua [[amplexus]] genibusque volutans Haerebat, Verg. A. 3, 607: [[atqui]] pol [[hodie]] non feres, ni genua confricantur, i. e. be clasped in [[earnest]] [[entreaty]], Plaut. As. 3, 3, 80; so, fricare, ib. 88: [[nunc]] [[tibi]] amplectimur genua egentes opum, id. Rud. 1, 5, 16; cf.: exurgite a genibus, id. ib. v. 22: advolvi, Sall. Fragm. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 1, 311; Tac. A. 1, 13 fin.; 6, 49; 15, 71; for [[which]]: genibus se advolvere or advolvi, Liv. 8, 37 fin.; 28, 34, 4; Vell. 2, 80 fin.: nixi genibus ab senatu petierunt, ne, etc., Liv. 43, 2, 2: muta metu terram genibus summissa petebat, Lucr. 1, 92: corde et genibus tremit, Hor. C. 1, 23, 8: jus imperiumque [[Phraates]] Caesaris accepit genibus [[minor]], i. e. kneeling, beseeching, id. Ep. 1, 12, 28; Vulg. Phil. 2, 10 saep.: [[genu]] ponere, to [[bow]] the [[knee]], Curt. 4, 6, 28; so, alicui, id. 8, 7, 13: [[genu]] flectere, Hier. in. Eph. 3, 14: inflexo [[genu]] adorare aliquem, Sen. Herc. Fur. 410: nixi genibus, on bended knees, Liv. 43, 2, 2: per tua genua te opsecro, Plaut. Curc. 5, 2, 31: genua incerare deorum, i. e. to [[attach]] to the statues of the gods [[wax]] tablets [[with]] prayers written on [[them]], Juv. 10, 55.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf., of plants, a [[knot]], [[joint]], [[usually]] called [[geniculum]]: a genibus (ferulae) exeuntia folia, Plin. 13, 22, 42, § 123.

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|georg=genu, ūs, n. ([[γόνυ]]), das [[Knie]], I) eig.: genuum [[orbis]], die [[Kniescheibe]], Ov.: per genua [[reptatio]], Quint. – [[genu]] dextrum, Cic. poët. u. Suet.: [[laevum]], Cic. poët.: tremulum, Sen. poët.: [[fine]] [[genus]] ([[bis]] ans Kn.) vestem succincta, Ov.: [[aqua]] [[ferme]] [[genus]] [[tenus]] alta, Liv.: [[stagnum]] altitudine genua [[non]] excedens, Plin.: [[alibi]] umbilico [[tenus]] [[aqua]] erat, [[alibi]] genua [[vix]] superavit, Liv. – [[genu]] [[nixus]], Ov. u. Suet.: [[flexus]] [[genu]], Tac.: obnixo [[genu]] scuto (das Kn. [[gegen]] den Sch. gestemmt), Nep. – accĭdere genibus alcis, Liv.: advolvi genua patrum, Tac.: provolvi genibus alcis, Tac.: alci od. alcis ad genua procumbere, Petron. u. Eutr.: submittere alci se ad genua, Suet.: attingere alcis [[genu]], Liv.: amplecti od. complecti alcis genua, Petron. u. Sen.: comprehendere alcis genua, Petron.: [[genu]] ponere, das [[Knie]] [[beugen]], Sen. rhet., Ov. u.a.: flexum [[genu]] submittere, Ov.: [[sponte]] [[genu]] submittere, Curt.: submissis genibus orare alqm, ut etc., Lact.: linqui [[animo]] et submitti [[genu]] coepit, in die [[Knie]] zu [[sinken]], Curt. (u. so submissa genibus, in die [[Knie]] gesunken), Lucr. – alqm ad genua admittere, zum [[Fußfall]] [[lassen]], Suet. – [[subito]] genua intremuēre timore, Ov.: [[signo]] pugnae [[dato]] ferocissimo militi [[paulum]] genua tremuerunt, Sen. – II) übtr., der [[Knoten]] an [[einer]] [[Pflanze]], genua ferulae, Plin. 13, 123. – / Genet. Sing. genuis, Dat. [[genui]] u. [[genu]], Mart. Cap. 3. § 293: Genet. Plur. genuorum, Vitr. 9, 4, 1: Dat. Plur. genubus, Sen. Thyest. 436. Mart. Cap. 3. § 293. – genua, [[zweisilbig]] [[gemessen]], Verg. Aen. 5, 432 u. ö. – Nom. sing. masc. [[genus]], Lucil. 162: Acc. sing. neutr. [[genus]], Cic. Arat. 45 sq. u.a. Ov. phaen. [[bei]] Prob. ad Verg. georg. 1, 138: Nom. sing. [[genum]], [[Fronto]] ad Marc. Caes. 5, 44 (59) in. Vgl. Georges Lexik. der lat. Wortf. S. 299.

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