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===verb transitive===

[[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[prose|P.]] [[κατακάμπτειν]], [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[κάμπτειν]].

[[incline in any direction]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[κλίνειν]].

[[crush]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[πιέζειν]], [[verse|V.]] [[γνάμπτειν]].

[[humble]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]], [[καθαιρεῖν]], [[συστέλλειν]].

[[bow the head]]: [[verse|V.]] [[νεύειν καρα]].

[[I am bowed down with woe]]: [[verse|V.]] [[συνέσταλμαι κακοῖς]] ([[Euripides]], ''[[Hercules Furens]]'' 1417).

[[bow the knee]]: [[verse|V.]] [[κάμπτειν γόνυ]], or [[κάμπτειν]] alone.

===verb intransitive===

[[bend]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[κάμπτεσθαι]].

[[incline]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[κλίνεσθαι]].

[[bend forward]]: [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[prose|P.]] [[κύπτειν]], [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] [[προκύπτειν]].

[[make obeisance]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[προσκυνεῖν]], [[verse|V.]] [[προσπίπτειν]], [[προσπίτνειν]].

[[bow to]]: Met., [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ὑποπτήσσειν]] (acc.).

[[yield to]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[εἴκειν]] (dat.), [[ὑπείκειν]] (dat.).

[[bowing]] (to [[fate]]) since they thought that all was on the way to being [[lost]]: [[prose|P.]] [[ὑποκατακλινόμενοι ἐπειδὴ τοῖς ὅλοις ἡττᾶσθαι ἐνόμιζον]] ([[Demosthenes|Dem.]] 127).

since I hear you say so, I bow (to your [[decision]]): [[prose|P.]] [[ἐπειδὴ σοῦ ἀκούω ταῦτα λέγοντος κάμπτομαι]] ([[Plato]], ''[[Protagoras]]'' 320B).

===substantive===

[[obeisance]]: [[prose|P.]] [[προσκύνησις]], ἡ.

[[circular shape]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[κύκλος]], ὁ.

[[loop]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἀγκύλη]], ἡ ([[Xenophon|Xen.]]).

[[weapon]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[τόξον]], τό.

of a [[bow]], adj.: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[τοξικός]], [[verse|V.]] [[τοξήρης]].

[[armed with the bow]], adj.: [[verse|V.]] [[τοξοτευχής]], [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] [[τοξοφόρος]].

[[conquering with the bow]], adj.: [[verse|V.]] [[τοξόδαμνος]].

[[shoot with the bow]], '''verb transitive or intransitive''': [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[τοξεύειν]]; '''verb transitive''', [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[prose|P.]] [[κατατοξεύειν]].

[[have two strings to one's bow]]: see under [[string]].

[[rainbow]]: [[prose|P.]] [[Ἶρις]], ἡ ([[Plato]], ''[[Republic]]'' 616B).
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