knee

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substantive

P. and V. γόνυ, τό.

fall on one's knees, v.: P. and V. προσκυνεῖν.

bend the knee: . V. κάμπτειν γόνυ, or use κάμπτειν alone.

they bowed their knees to earth in weariness: V. ἐς δὲ γῆν γόνυ καμάτῳ καθεῖσαν (Euripides, Iphigenia in Tauris 332).

bring (an enemy) to his knees: P. and V. παρίστασθαι (acc.).

fall at a person's knees: P. and V. προσκυνεῖν (τινά), P. πίπτειν πρὸς τὰ γόνατά (τινός), V. γόνασι προσπίπτειν (τινός), προσπίπτειν γόνυ (τινός), ἀμφὶ γόνυ πίπτειν (τινός), προσπίτνειν γόνυ (τινός), Ar. and V. προσπίπτειν (τινά or τινί) (also Xen. but rare P.).

Translations

Abkhaz: ашьамхы; Adyghe: лъэгуанджэ; Afar: gulub; Afrikaans: knie; Ainu: コッカサパ; Akan: kotodwe; Aklanon: tuhod; Albanian: gju; Amharic: ጉልበት; Arabic: رُكْبَة‎; Egyptian Arabic: ركبة‎; Moroccan Arabic: ركبة‎; Aragonese: chenullo; Aramaic Hebrew: ברכא‎; Syriac: ܒܘܪܟܐ‎; Argobba: ጉልብ; Armenian: ծունկ; Aromanian: dzinuclju, dzãnuclju, dzenuclju; Assamese: আঁঠু; Asturian: rodiya, rodiella; Avar: наку; Azerbaijani: diz; Baluchi: کونڈ‎; Bashkir: тубыҡ; Basque: belaun; Bau Bidayuh: koruob; Belarusian: калена; Bengali: হাঁটু; Bikol Central: tuhod; Breton: glin; Brunei Malay: tuhut; Bulgarian: коляно; Burmese: ဒူး; Buryat: үвдэг; Cappadocian Greek: γόνατο; Catalan: genoll; Cebuano: tuhod; Central Atlas Tamazight: ⴰⴼⵓⴷ; Central Melanau: bukou; Chamicuro: melo'ti; Chechen: гола; Chepang: क्य्रोङः; Cherokee: ᎧᏂᎨᏂ; Chichewa: bondo; Chinese Cantonese: 膝頭哥／膝头哥, 膝頭／膝头; Mandarin: 膝, 膝蓋／膝盖; Chuvash: чӗркуҫҫи; Coptic: ⲕⲉⲗⲓ, ⲫⲁⲧ; Corsican: ghjinochju; Crimean Tatar: tiz; Czech: koleno; Dalmatian: denacle; Danish: knæ; Daur: tolcig; Dongxiang: odou; Dutch: knie; Eastern Arrernte: ampere; Emilian: źnòć; Esperanto: genuo; Estonian: põlv; Even: хэнӈэн; Evenki: хэнңэн; Faroese: knæ; Fijian: duru; Finnish: polvi; French: genou; Old French: genoill; Friulian: zenoli, genoli; Galician: xeonllo; Gallurese: ghinocchiu; Ge'ez: ብርክ; Georgian: მუხლი; German: Knie; Alemannic German: Chnüü; Gothic: 𐌺𐌽𐌹𐌿; Greek: γόνατο; Ancient Greek: γόνυ; Gujarati: ઘૂંટણ; Haitian Creole: jenou; Hausa: gwiwa; Hawaiian: kuli; Hebrew: בֶּרֶךְ‎; Higaonon: tuhud; Hiligaynon: tuhod; Hindi: घुटना; Hittite: 𒄀𒉡; Hopi: tamö; Hungarian: térd; Icelandic: hné, kné; Ido: genuo; Indonesian: lutut, dengkul; Ingush: гола; Iranun: leb; Irish: glúin; Old Irish: glún; Istriot: zanucio; Istro-Romanian: jeruncľu; Italian: ginocchio; Japanese: 膝; Javanese: dhengkul, jengku; Kabuverdianu: duedju; Kalmyk: өвдг; Kannada: ಮೊಣಕಾಲು; Kapampangan: tud; Kashubian: kòlano; Kazakh: тізе; Khinalug: ник; Khmer: ជង្គង់; Kikuyu: iru; Kimaragang: totud; Korean: 무릎; Kurdish Northern Kurdish: çok; Kyrgyz: тизе; Lak: ник; Lao: ຫົວເຂົ່າ; Latgalian: ceļs; Latin: genu, geniculum; Latvian: celis; Laz: burguli; Limburgish: kneen; Lithuanian: kelis; Lombard: zeneugg; Lotud: totud, otud; Low German: Knee; Luxembourgish: Knéi; Macedonian: колено; Maguindanao: leb; Malay: lutut, tuhut, dengkul; Malayalam: കാൽമുട്ട്; Maltese: rkoppa; Manchu: ᡨᠣᠪᡤᡳᡟᠠ; Mandinka: kumbaliŋo; Mangghuer: bodo; Mansaka: tood; Manx: glioon; Maore Comorian: gunguni; Maori: turi; Maranao: leb; Marathi: गुडघा; Megleno-Romanian: zinucľu; Mirandese: zinolho; Mon: က္ၜံၚ်; Mongghul: yiidog; Mongolian Cyrillic: өвдөг; Mongolian: ᠡᠪᠦᠳᠦᠭ; Nanai: пэйнгэн; Navajo: agod; Nepali: घुँडा; Ngazidja Comorian: gunguno, gungunu; Nivkh: пих; Norman: g'nou; Northern Ohlone: tú̄mis; Norwegian: kne; Nottoway-Meherrin: sunsheke; Occitan: genolh; Odia: ଆଣ୍ଠୁ; Ojibwe: ingidig; Old Church Slavonic: колѣно; Old East Slavic: колѣно; Old English: cnēow; Old Javanese: dĕkung; Oromo: jilba; Ossetian: уӕраг, зоныг; Ottoman Turkish: دیز‎, زانو‎, ركبه‎; Pangasinan: pueg; Pashto: زنګون‎; Pennsylvania German: Gnie; Persian: زانو‎; Pitjantjatjara: muṯi; Plautdietsch: Kjnee; Polish: kolano; Pontic Greek: γόνοτο; Portuguese: joelho; Punjabi: ਗੋਡਾ; Romagnol: znoc; Romanian: genunchi; Romansch: schanugl, schnuogl; Rungus: otud; Russian: колено; Sabah Bisaya: otud; Saho: gulub; Sami Inari: iidâ; Northern: čibbi, buolva; Skolt: puõlvv; Sanskrit: जानु; Scottish Gaelic: glùn, glùin; Sebop: lep; Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic: ко̀љено, ко̀лено; Roman: kòljeno, kòleno; Sherpa: པིས་མུང; Sinhalese: දණ; Slovak: koleno; Slovene: koleno; Somali: jilib; Sorbian Lower Sorbian: kóleno; Upper Sorbian: koleno; Southern Altai: тизе; Spanish: rodilla, hinojo; Sranan Tongo: kindi; Sundanese: tuur, teku; Svan: ღულა̈ჲ; Swahili: goti; Swedish: knä; Sylheti: ꠀꠑꠥ; Tagal Murut: atur; Tagalog: tuhod; Tajik: зону; Tambunan Dusun: totud; Tamil: முழங்கால்; Tarantino: genocchie; Tatar: тез; Tausug: tuhud; Telugu: మోకాలు; Tetum: ain-tuur; Thai: เข่า, หัวเข่า; Tibetan: པུས་མོ; Tigrinya: ብርኪ; Timugon Murut: atur; Tiruray: tur; Tocharian A: kanweṃ du; Tocharian B: keni du; Tok Pisin: skru, skru bilong lek; Tsakonian: γου̃να; Turkish: diz; Turkmen: dyz; Tuvan: дискек; Udmurt: пыдес; Ugaritic: 𐎁𐎗𐎋; Ukrainian: колі́но; Urdu: گھٹنا‎; Uyghur: تىز‎; Uzbek: tizza; Venetian: zenocio; Vietnamese: đầu gối, gối; Vilamovian: kni; Volapük: kien; Walloon: djno, djino; Waray-Waray: tuhod; Welsh: pen-glin, pen-lin, glin; West Coast Bajau: tu'ut; West Frisian: knibbel; White Hmong: hauv caug; Winnebago: huuporo; Wolof: óom; Xhosa: idolo; Yagara: buhn; Yagnobi: зонк; Yakut: түһах; Yámana: tulepuS; Yiddish: קני‎; Yoruba: orúnkún, eékún; Zazaki: çoq; Zealandic: knie; Zhuang: gyaeujhoq, hoq; Zulu: idolo