geniculo

ἐκ Χάεος δ' Ἔρεβός τε μέλαινά τε Νὺξ ἐγένοντο... (Hesiod's Theogony 123) → From Chasm, Erebos and black Night came to be...

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

gĕnĭcŭlo: āvi, 1, v. n. genu,
I to bend the knee: alicui, before one, Charis. 260 P.; Diom. 294 P.