κνημίς, ῖδος, ἡ,
Aeolic dialect accusative κνᾶμιν [[ 12th c.AD: Eustathius Episcopus Thessalonicensis 265.18 (corrupted to κνῆμιν in 4th-5th c.AD: Choeroboscus Grammaticus “Scholia in Theodosii Canones” 1.327)] Refs 4th c.AD+]; Aeolic dialect nominative plural κνάμῐδες [[ 7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus 15.4 ] Refs 7th c.BC+]: (κνήμη):— greave, legging, κνημῖδας μὲν πρῶτα περὶ κνήμῃσιν ἔθηκε ἀργυρέοισιν ἐπισφυρίοις ἀραρυίας [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 19.369; τεῦξε δέ οἱ κνημῖδας.. κασσιτέροιο 18.613; κ. ὀρειχάλκοιο φαεινοῦ 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Scutum Herculis” 122 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; βόειαι κ. oxhide leggings, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 24.229, compare 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 11.9.4; _sing._, 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 21.592, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Rh.Pr.” 18. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__II spoke of a wheel, [[ 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 18.27. ] Refs 1st c.BC+]
__III ={κνημός}[[ 1, 2nd c.AD: Dionysius Periegeta 714. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]