Cnemid

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    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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greave

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"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."

Etymology

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

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