genu

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin genu (“knee”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛn.juː/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒiˌnu/, /ˈd͡ʒɛn.(j)u/ Rhymes: -ɛnjuː === Noun === genu (plural genua) (anatomy, zootomy) The knee. Hyponyms: genu valgum, genu varum A knee-like structure, in particular a bend in the corpus callosum of mammals. ==== Derived terms ==== genual genu- ==== Related terms ==== geniculate === References === “genu”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022. “genu”, in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present. === Anagrams === Egun == Latin == === Alternative forms === genum, genus === Etymology === From Proto-Italic *genu, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵónu. Cognate with Ancient Greek γόνῠ (gónŭ, “knee; plant node”), Proto-Germanic *knewą (“knee”), Hittite 𒄀𒂊𒉡 (ge-e-nu /⁠gēnu⁠/). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈɡɛ.nuː], [ˈɡɛ.nʊ] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈd͡ʒɛː.nu] Note: the nominative/accusative ending vowel of 4th declension neuters is etymologically expected to be short, and is stated to be so by late grammarians. A long vowel would also be expected to be subject to iambic shortening in most forms. There are only two passages that conclusively require a long scansion. === Noun === genū̆ n (genitive genūs or genū); fourth declension (literally, anatomy) a knee, kneejoint, kneepan 4th century, St. Jerome, Vulgate, Philippians 2:10 [1] an elbow (transferred sense) an act of kneeling or beseeching (transferred sense, botany) a knot, joint Synonym: geniculum ==== Inflection ==== Fourth-declension noun (neuter). 1The length of the final vowel is uncertain in the nominative/accusative/vocative singular; Martianus Capella considers it to end with -ū, while Servius considers it to end with -ŭ.2According to Martianus Capella.3According to Servius.4According to both. A rare genitive singular form genoris is attested epigraphically. ==== Derived terms ==== geniculum genuflecto ==== Descendants ==== Portuguese: geio (“terrace”) (Trás-os-Montes) === References === “genu”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press === Further reading === “genu”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "genu", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “genu”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[2], London: Macmillan and Co.