ἐπιγουνίς: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ίδος, ἡ, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">part above the knee, great muscle of the thigh</b>, taken as a sign of strength and vigour, <b class="b3">κεν . . μεγάλην ἐπιγουνίδα θεῖτο</b> he would grow a stout <b class="b2">thigh-muscle</b>, <span class="bibl">Od.17.225</span>; οἵην ἐπιγουνίδα φαίνει <span class="bibl">18.74</span>,cf. <span class="bibl">Theoc. 26.34</span>, <span class="bibl">Alciphr.3.19</span>, <span class="bibl">Philostr.<span class="title">Im.</span>2.24</span>; prob. in this sense in <span class="bibl">A.R.3.875</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span>. = [[ἐπιγονατίς]], <b class="b2">knee-pan</b>, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Art.</span>70</span>,<span class="bibl">77</span>, <span class="bibl">Philostr.<span class="title">Gym.</span>35</span>; <b class="b2">knee</b>, <span class="bibl">Arat.254</span>,<span class="bibl">614</span>.</span>