cnemid

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cnemid

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

noun cnemids

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.

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@misc{cnemid_2026,
  title = {cnemid},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cnemid},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}