poplĕs (noun M) :
* Lit.: the ham of the knee, the hough (cf. suffrago): genua poplitesque et crura,Col. 6, 12, 3: succisis feminibus poplitibusque,Liv. 22, 51, 7: succiso poplite,Verg. A. 9, 762; cf. Liv. 22, 48, 4; Hor. C. 3, 2, 16: elephas poplites intus flectit hominis modo,Plin. 11, 45, 101, § 248; 28, 6, 17, § 59.
* Transf., in gen., the knee, Luc. 9, 771; Lucr. 4, 953: duplicato poplite,i. e. with bended knee,Verg. A. 12, 927: se collegit in arma poplite subsidens,id. ib. 12, 492: contento poplite,with a stiff knee,Hor. S. 2, 7, 97: nec parcit imbellis juventae Poplitibus,id. C. 3, 2, 16: poplitibus semet excipit,he sank down upon his knees,Curt. 6, 1: flexo poplite,Vulg. Judic. 7, 6.

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