καμπτήρ

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Στέργει γὰρ οὐδεὶς ἄγγελον κακῶν ἐπῶν → No one loves the bearer of bad news

Sophocles, Antigone, 277
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Transliteration A: kamptḗr Transliteration B: kamptēr Transliteration C: kamptir Beta Code: kampth/r

English (LSJ)

ῆρος, ὁ,

   A bend, angle, X.Cyr.7.1.6, Str.14.2.14.    II turning-point in the δίαυλος, which was the goal in the single race (cf. καμπή 11), Arist.Rh.1409a32, BCH23.567(Delph., iii B.C.), Babr.29.4: pl., as works of art, Plin.HN36.25: metaph., κ. βίου the 'last lap' of life, Herod.10.3; κ. πύματος, of the colophon which marks the last page, AP12.257.1 (Mel.).