eucnemos
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Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Ancient Greek εὔκνημος (eúknēmos).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /eu̯kˈneː.mos/, [ɛu̯kˈneːmɔs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /eu̯kˈne.mos/, [eu̯kˈnɛːmos]
Adjective
[edit]eucnēmos (neuter eucnēmon); second-declension adjective (feminine forms identical to masculine forms, Greek-type)
- Having beautiful legs.
Declension
[edit]Second-declension adjective (feminine forms identical to masculine forms, Greek-type).
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| Nominative | eucnēmos | eucnēmon | eucnēmoe | eucnēma | |
| Genitive | eucnēmī | eucnēmōrum | |||
| Dative | eucnēmō | eucnēmīs | |||
| Accusative | eucnēmon | eucnēmōs | eucnēma | ||
| Ablative | eucnēmō | eucnēmīs | |||
| Vocative | eucnēme | eucnēmon | eucnēmoe | eucnēma | |
References
[edit]- “eucnemos”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- eucnemos in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “eucnēmos” on page 686 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (2nd ed., 2012)