γναμπτός

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Transliteration A: gnamptós Transliteration B: gnamptos Transliteration C: gnamptos Beta Code: gnampto/s

English (LSJ)

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   A curved, bent, ἰχθυάασκον γναμπτοῖς ἀγκίστροισιν Od.4.369; μετὰ γναμπτῇ σι γένυσσιν Il.11.416; πόρπας τε γναμπτάς θ' ἕλικας 18.401; ὄνυχες γ. Hes.Op.204; γ. δρόμοι, of the diaulos, Pi.I.1.57; γ. χαλινούς, Hsch.    2 supple, pliant, of the limbs of living men (opp. to the stark and stiff ones of the dead), ἐνὶ γναμπτοῖσι μέλεσσι Il.11.669, 24.359, Od.11.394, etc.    3 metaph., pliable, οὔτε νόημα γναμπτὸν ἐνὶ στήθεσσι (of Achilles), Il.24.41.