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cnemid

cnemid noun: a greave: a bronze shin protector worn in combat by Ancient Greek warriors.

Noun

cnemid (plural cnemids)

  1. A greave: a bronze shin protector worn in combat by Ancient Greek warriors.
    • But at times it had been thought that they could have been variations on the cnemid, the bronze shin-protector worn by Greek warriors in combat.1979, Jacques Briard, translated by Mary Turton, The Bronze Age in Barbarian Europe: From the Megaliths to the Celts, Routledge, page 106
    • The fresco battle painting from Pylos, Greece, shows warriors wearing cnemids for protection.2008, Jean Guilaine, Jean Zammit, translated by Melanie Hersey, The Origins of War: Violence in Prehistory, Wiley, page 205

Forms of cnemid

pluralcnemids

Origin of cnemid

From Ancient Greek κνημῖδος (knēmîdos), genitive of κνημῑ́ς (knēmī́s, “shin, calve”). See also cnemis.

Questions about cnemid

What does cnemid mean?
Cnemid means a greave: a bronze shin protector worn in combat by Ancient Greek warriors.
What part of speech is cnemid?
Cnemid is a noun.
What is the plural of cnemid?
The plural of cnemid is cnemids.

Words near cnemid in the dictionary

  1. CNEEs
  2. cnem-
  3. cneme
  4. cnemes
  5. cnemial
  6. cnemid
  7. cnemid-
  8. cnemides
  9. cnemido-
  10. cnemids
  11. cnemis

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