bow

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verb transitive

Ar. and P. κατακάμπτειν, Ar. and V. κάμπτειν.

incline in any direction: P. and V. κλίνειν.

crush: P. and V. πιέζειν, V. γνάμπτειν.

humble: P. and V., καθαιρεῖν, συστέλλειν.

bow the head: V. νεύειν καρα.

I am bowed down with woe: V. συνέσταλμαι κακοῖς (Euripides, Hercules Furens 1417).

bow the knee: V. κάμπτειν γόνυ, or κάμπτειν alone.

verb intransitive

bend: P. and V. κάμπτεσθαι.

incline: P. and V. κλίνεσθαι.

bend forward: Ar. and P. κύπτειν, Ar. προκύπτειν.

make obeisance: P. and V. προσκυνεῖν, V. προσπίπτειν, προσπίτνειν.

bow to: Met., P. and V. ὑποπτήσσειν (acc.).

yield to: P. and V. εἴκειν (dat.), ὑπείκειν (dat.).

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

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

substantive

obeisance: P. προσκύνησις, ἡ.

circular shape: P. and V. κύκλος, ὁ.

loop: P. and V. ἀγκύλη, ἡ (Xen.).

weapon: P. and V. τόξον, τό.

of a bow, adj.: P. and V. τοξικός, V. τοξήρης.

armed with the bow, adj.: V. τοξοτευχής, Ar. τοξοφόρος.

conquering with the bow, adj.: V. τοξόδαμνος.

shoot with the bow, verb transitive or intransitive: P. and V. τοξεύειν; verb transitive, Ar. and P. κατατοξεύειν.

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

rainbow: P. Ἶρις, ἡ (Plato, Republic 616B).

Translations

weapon

Abkhaz: ахыц; Adyghe: кӏуснэщаб; Afrikaans: boog; Ainu: ク; Albanian: hark; Apache Western Apache: iłtį́ʼtsį́h; Arabic: قَوْس‎; Egyptian Arabic: قوس‎; Hijazi Arabic: قوس‎; Armenian: աղեղ; Aromanian: arcu, duxar; Assamese: ধনু; Asturian: arcu; Atayal: bhunig; Avar: чӏорбутӏ; Azerbaijani: yay, kaman; Bashkir: йәйә; Bats: ატყ; Bavarian: Bogn; Belarusian: лук; Bengali: ধনু; Breton: gwareg; Bulgarian: лък; Burmese: လေး; Catalan: arc; Cebuano: gapasan; Chechen: ӏад; Cherokee: ᎦᏦᏗ; Chinese Cantonese: 弓; Dungan: гун; Mandarin: 弓; Min Nan: 弓; Choctaw Traditional: iti tanampo; Modified traditional: itti' tana̲po; Chukchi: тиӈур; Czech: luk; Dakota: itazipe; Danish: bue; Dutch: boog; Esperanto: arko, pafarko; Estonian: vibu; Evenki: бэр; Ewe: da; Faroese: bogi; Finnish: jousi; French: arc, arc à flèches; Friulian: arc; Galician: arco; Georgian: მშვილდი; German: Bogen; Greek: τόξο; Ancient Greek: τόξον, βιός; Hebrew: קֶשֶׁת‎; Hindi: धनुष, कमान; Hungarian: íj; Icelandic: bogi; Ido: armarko, arko; Indonesian: busur; Ingush: ӏад; Irish: bogha; Isthmus Italian: arco; Japanese: 弓; Jarai: hraŏ diu; Kaingang: vyj; Karok: xuskáamhar; Kazakh: жақ, садақ; Ket: ӄыʼт; Khmer: ធ្នូ, ធនុ; Korean: 활; Kurdish Northern Kurdish: kevan; Kyrgyz: жаа; Lakota: itázipa; Lao: ຄັນທະນູ, ທະນຸ; Latgalian: lūks; Latin: arcus; Latvian: loks; Laz: ტოკსარი, მშვილდი; Lithuanian: lankas; Macedonian: лак; Malay: busur, panah; Malayalam: വില്ല്; Maltese: qaws; Manchu: ᠪᡝᡵᡳ; Mansaka: bosog; Manx: bow; Maranao: pana'; Middle Persian: 𐭪𐭬𐭠𐭭‎; Mingrelian: შქვილი; Mon: တ္ၚ; Mongolian: нум; Nanai: бури; Navajo: ałtį́į́ʼ; Nepali: धनुष; Nivkh: пуньдь; Northern Altai: јаг; Northern Sami: dávgi; Norwegian Bokmål: bue, boge; Nynorsk: boge; Occitan: arc; Ojibwe: mitigwaab; Old Church Slavonic Cyrillic: лѫкъ; Old English: boga; Old Norse: bogi; Oriya: କୋଦଣ୍ଡ; Ossetian: ӕрдӕн; Pali: dhanu; Pashto: ليندۍ‎; Persian: کمان‎; Plautdietsch: Boage; Polish: łuk; Portuguese: arco; Quechua: t'iwka; Romanian: arc; Romansch: artg, arch; Russian: лук; Sanskrit: धनु, चाप; Sardinian: alcu, arcu; Scottish Gaelic: bogha, bogha-saighde; Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic: лук; Roman: luk; Sicilian: arcu; Sikaiana: kavusu; Slovak: luk; Slovene: lok; Southern Altai: јаа; Spanish: arco; Svan: ჴემა̈დ; Swahili: upinde, uta; Swedish: båge, pilbåge; Tagalog: busog, pana; Tajik: камон; Tamil: வில்; Taos: xwílena; Tauya: 'ipai aniyamo; Telugu: విల్లు, ధనుస్సు; Thai: ธนู; Tibetan: གཞུ; Turkish: yay; Turkmen: ýaý; Tuvan: ча; Ugaritic: 𐎖𐎌𐎚; Ukrainian: лук; Urdu: دھنش‎, کمان‎; Uyghur: يا‎; Uzbek: yoy, kamon; Vietnamese: cung; Volapük: bob; Walloon: air, årbalesse; Welsh: bwa, bwâu; West Frisian: bûging, bôge; Westrobothnian: bogaseod; White Hmong: hneev nti; Yiddish: בויגן‎; Zhuang: gung