ἐπιγουνίς: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ίδος, ἡ, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[part above the knee]], [[great muscle of the thigh]], taken as a sign of strength and vigour, <b class="b3">κεν . . μεγάλην ἐπιγουνίδα θεῖτο</b> he would grow a stout [[thigh-muscle]], <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"><span class="bld">II</span>. = [[ἐπιγονατίς]], [[knee-pan]], <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>; [[knee]], <span class="bibl">Arat.254</span>,<span class="bibl">614</span>.</span>