γόνυ

Ancient Greek edit

γόνῠ • (gónu) n (genitive γόνᾰτος); third declension

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ γόνῠ tò gónu	τὼ γόνᾰτε tṑ gónate	τᾰ̀ γόνᾰτᾰ tà gónata
Genitive	τοῦ γόνᾰτος toû gónatos	τοῖν γονᾰ́τοιν toîn gonátoin	τῶν γονᾰ́των tôn gonátōn
Dative	τῷ γόνᾰτῐ tôi gónati	τοῖν γονᾰ́τοιν toîn gonátoin	τοῖς γόνᾰσῐ / γόνᾰσῐν toîs gónasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ γόνῠ tò gónu	τὼ γόνᾰτε tṑ gónate	τᾰ̀ γόνᾰτᾰ tà gónata
Vocative	γόνῠ gónu	γόνᾰτε gónate	γόνᾰτᾰ gónata
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ γόνῠ tò gónu	τὼ γούνᾰτε tṑ goúnate	τᾰ̀ γούνᾰτᾰ tà goúnata
Genitive	τοῦ γούνᾰτος toû goúnatos	τοῖν γουνᾰ́τοιν toîn gounátoin	τῶν γουνᾰ́των tôn gounátōn
Dative	τῷ γούνᾰτῐ tôi goúnati	τοῖν γουνᾰ́τοιν toîn gounátoin	τοῖσῐ / τοῖσῐν γούνᾰσῐ / γούνᾰσῐν / γούνᾰσσῐ / γούνᾰσσῐν toîsi(n) goúnasi(n) / goúnassi(n)
Accusative	τὸ γόνῠ tò gónu	τὼ γούνᾰτε tṑ goúnate	τᾰ̀ γούνᾰτᾰ tà goúnata
Vocative	γόνῠ gónu	γούνᾰτε goúnate	γούνᾰτᾰ goúnata
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Poetic: genitive singular: γουνός (gounós), dative singular: γουνί (gouní), plural (nom, acc, voc): γοῦνα (goûna), genitive plural: γούνων (goúnōn)
Aeolic: plural (nom, acc, voc): γόνα (góna), plural genitive: γόνων (gónōn)

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“γόνυ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
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γόνυ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
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γόνυ in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
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- knee idem, page 470.

γόνυ • (góny) n (plural γόνατα)

(archaic, expression) knee. Used in the set phrase (in indication of respect):
κλίνω το γόνυ ― klíno to góny ― I show respect (literally, “I bend the knee”)

declension of γόνυ