- κύπτω
- κύπτω, [tense] fut.A
κύψω LXX Ps.9.31
(10.10): [tense] aor. ἔκυψα (v. infr.): [tense] pf.κέκῡφα Hp.Steril.217
:—bend forward, stoop,πλευρά, τά οἱ κύψαντι παρ' ἀσπίδος ἐξεφαάνθη Il.4.468
;ἔλαβεν . . κύψας ἐκ πεδίοιο 17.621
, cf. 21.69; ὁσσάκι γὰρ κύψει' ὁ γέρων πιέειν μενεαίνων κτλ. Od.11.585;κ. ἐστὴν γῆν Hdt.3.14
;κάτω κ. Ar.V.279
(lyr.), Thphr.Char.24.8;κεκυφότες εἰς γῆν καὶ εἰς τραπέζας Pl.R.586a
;χαμᾶζε Plu.Ant.45
: freq. in [tense] aor. part. with another Verb, ἔθει κύψας ran with the head down, i.e. at full speed, Ar.Ra.1091 (anap.);ὁμόσ' εἶμι κύψας Id.Ec.863
;ἐς τὴν γῆν κύψασα κάτω βαδίζει Id.Fr.395
; κύψας ἐσθίει eats stooping, i.e. greedily, Id.Pax33; sens. obsc., Hippon.22 Diehl.2 hang the head from shame, οὗτος, τί κύπτεις; Ar.Eq.1354, Th.930; or sorrow, Amphis 30.6, Euphro 1.27, or thought, Epicr.11.21, 23 (anap.).3 bow down under a burden, D.18.323.4 κύψαι, = ἀπάγξασθαι, Archil.35, cf. Phot.5 of animals, to be bowed forward, opp. the erect figure of man, Arist.PA657a15; κέρεα κεκυφότα ἐς τὸ ἔμπροσθε horns bent forward, of certain African oxen, Hdt.4.183;ἐπὴν ὁ στόμαχος [τῆς ὑστέρης] ἐς τὸν ἀρχὸν κεκύφῃ Hp.
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