KNEEL Copy link • KNEELgenibus niti (when one is kneeling down): genibus nixum esse (when one has already knelt down): genua flectere (to bend the knees). Kneeling, genibus nixus (Liv.): kneeling before anybody, ad genua alicujus procumbens: to kneel before anybody, ad genua (pedes) alicujus or alicui ad genua (pedes) accidere, procumbere, se projicere; genibus alicujus se advolvere (as a suppliant); humi procumbentem venerari aliquem, or venerari aliquem only (as a mode of worshipping or reverencing).