KNEE Copy link • KNEEgenu (PROP.): geniculum (IMPROP., any knee-like bending; e.g., joint or knot in reeds, etc.). To bend the knee, genua flectere (general term); genua (flexa) submittere (as a mark of reverence); before anybody, alicui: to fall on one’s knees, in genua procumbere, also, procumbere only (whether unintentionally or not): to sink down on one’s knees, in genua subsidere (Curt.): to fall or throw one’s self at anybody’s knees, alicui procumbere: ad genua alicujus procumbere: ad genua alicui, or genibus alicujus accidere, or se advolvere (Liv.; Cic., uses pedes rather than genua; e.g., alicui ad pedes or ad alicujus pedes procumbere, accidere, se projicere, etc.); prosternere se et supplicari alicui (all as suppliant): genua alicui ponere et eum venerari: humi procumbentem venerari aliquem: also, venerari aliquem only (to show him reverence): to lie at anybody’s knees, supplicem esse alicui; ad pedes jacere alicui (Cic., Verr., 2, 5, 49): to embrace anybody’s knees, alicujus genua amplecti or prehensare. To kneel upon one’s knee, genu niti. Knee of timber, geniculus: versura (Vitr.): *erenu ligneum.