κνήμ-η, Dor.
κνάμα[νᾱ],ἡ ,
A. part between knee and ankle, leg, shank, Il. 4.147 , Od. 8.135 , Hdt. 6.75 , 125 , 7.75 , E. Ph. 1394 , etc.; of a horse, X. Eq. 1.5 , 12.10 : prov.,ἀπωτέρω ἢ γόνυ κνάμα'blood is thicker than water', Theoc. 16.18 .
2. Anat.,tibia, Gal. 2.774 , Ruf. Onom. 123 .
3. in plants,stem between two joints, Thphr. HP 9.13.5 ;κνήμη( v.l. μνήμου )μελίνηςdub. sens. in S. Fr. 608 .
II. spokeof a wheel, Poll. 1.144 , Eust. 598.4 . (Cf. OIr.cnāim'bone', O E.
hamm'ham'.)