LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinethird declension

poples

poples m (genitive poplitis)
Classical[ˈpɔ.pɫɛs]Ecclesiastical[ˈpɔː.ples]

Meaning

  1. literallymasculinethe ham of the knee, the hough, the hock
  2. masculineusuallythe knee

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

pars cruris sub genū
poples -itis (m) — in Aeneis, ch. 24

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativepoplespoplitēs
genitivepoplitispoplitum
dativepoplitīpoplitibus
accusativepoplitempoplitēs
ablativepoplitepoplitibus
vocativepoplespoplitēs

poplĕs, ĭtis, m.
I. Lit.: the ham of the knee, the hough (cf. suffrago): genua poplitesque et crura, Col. 6, 12, 3: succisis feminibus poplitibusque, Liv. 22, 51, 7: succiso poplite, Verg. A. 9, 762; cf. Liv. 22, 48, 4; Hor. C. 3, 2, 16: elephas poplites intus flectit hominis modo, Plin. 11, 45, 101, § 248; 28, 6, 17, § 59.—
II. Transf., in gen., the knee, Luc. 9, 771; Lucr. 4, 953: duplicato poplite, i. e. with bended knee, Verg. A. 12, 927: se collegit in arma poplite subsidens, id. ib. 12, 492: contento poplite, with a stiff knee, Hor. S. 2, 7, 97: nec parcit imbellis juventae Poplitibus, id. C. 3, 2, 16: poplitibus semet excipit, he sank down upon his knees, Curt. 6, 1: flexo poplite, Vulg. Judic. 7, 6.

Origins

Uncertain; proposed derivations include: * From Proto-Indo-European *pal- (“to feel, touch, shake”), a root common to Latin papiliō (“butterfly”) and palpō (“to touch softly”). * From Proto-Indo-European *kʷekʷlóm, *kʷékʷlos, *kʷékʷléh₂. Cognates include English wheel, Ancient Greek κύκλος (kúklos, “wheel”) and Tocharian B kokale (“cart, wagon”). For the semantic shift compare Spanish rodilla (“knee”) from rueda (“wheel”).

Descendants
  • Englishpoplit
  • Frenchpoplité
  • Italianpoplite
  • Portuguesepóplite

Quick answers

What does poples mean in Latin?
poples, a noun, means “the ham of the knee, the hough, the hock; the knee”.
What is the genitive of poples?
The genitive singular is poplitis. poples is masculine, third declension.
How do you pronounce poples?
In classical Latin, [ˈpɔ.pɫɛs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈpɔː.ples].