cnemid

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  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.

词形变化

cnemids plural

词源

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