κνημι?ς , ῖδος (κνήμη):
greave. The greaves were metal plates, lined with
some soft material, bent around the shin-bone under the knee, and
fastened by clasps at the ankle (see cut No. 36), thus only in the
Iliad. In the Odyssey, Od. 24.229,
the word signifies leather leggins.
Georg Autenrieth. A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges. New York. Harper and Brothers. 1891.
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