Locutions, idioms and examples
attingo genua || aliquem genu offendo || genibus nitor || advolvo me genibus alicuius || ad genua admitto =
to receive to prostration
|| adlabor genibus || accadere genibus =
to land on one's feet
|| adstitutus in genua || ad genua alicuius provolvor =
to throw oneself at someone's feet
|| compages in genibus || advolutus genibus || amplector genua || Cleopatra affusa Caesaris genibus || aqua superat genua || alicui genu femur percello || ad genua Marcelli procubuerunt =
they prostrated themselves at Marcellus' knees
|| ad genua (or genibus or ad pedes) alicuius accido =
to fall to someone's feet
|| allapsam genibus lacrimantis Iuli || Macedonas voluisti genua tibi ponere || accidentes genibus suis neptem nepotemque aversata =
having removed (from him) the granddaughter and grandson who were throwing themselves at his knees
|| adolescens eiusque pater ad genus dictatoris procubuerunt || alicuius genibus advolvor or provolvor or me advolvo or accido or submitto me ad genua || at eosdem aegros vide medicorum genua tangentes || boves palearibus amplis et paene ad genua promissis
