nec+parcit+imbellis+juventae

poplĕs, ĭtis, m.

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.—

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.