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|Full diacritics=σκαμβός
|Medium diacritics=σκαμβός
|Low diacritics=σκαμβός
|Capitals=ΣΚΑΜΒΟΣ
|Transliteration A=skambós
|Transliteration B=skambos
|Transliteration C=skamvos
|Beta Code=skambo/s
|Definition=ή, όν, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">crooked, bent</b>, <b class="b3">σ. ξύλον οὐδέποτ' ὀρθόν</b> 'there's no straightening a <b class="b2">crooked</b> billet', <span class="bibl">Macar.7.69</span>; of a cow's horns, dub. rest. in <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PBaden</span> 19.5</span> (ii A.D.); esp. <b class="b2">bent asunder, bow</b>, of the legs, opp. <b class="b3">βλαισός</b>, <span class="title">Gp.</span>19.2.1 (Comp.), cf. Gal.14.793, <span class="title">Hippiatr.</span>102: metaph., <b class="b3">καρδία σ</b>. <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">Ps.</span>100(101).3</span>.</span>
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