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ἐπιγουνίς

ἐπιγουνίς, the part above the knee, the great muscle of the thigh

ἐπιγουν-ίς, ίδος, ἡ,
  • part above the knee, great muscle of the thigh, taken as a sign of strength and vigour, κεν . . μεγάλην ἐπιγουνίδα θεῖτο he would grow a stout thigh-muscle, Od. 17.225; οἵην ἐπιγουνίδα φαίνει 18.74, cf. Theoc. 26.34, Alciphr. 3.19, Philostr. Im. 2.24; prob. in this sense in A.R. 3.875.
    • II = ἐπιγονατίς, knee-pan, Hp. Art. 70, 77, Philostr. Gym. 35; knee, Arat. 254, 614.

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