κυφός

English (LSJ)

ή, όν, (κύπτω, κέκῡφα)

   A bent forwards, stooping, hunchbacked, ὃς δὴ γήραϊ κ. ἔην καὶ μυρία ᾔδη Od.2.16; κ. ἀνήρ, πρεσβύτης, Ar.Ach. 703, Pl.266; σφόνδυλοι ἕλκονται ἐς τὸ κ., in curvature of the spine, Hp.Art.41; τρίγλαι κ. Epich.64; freq. of shrimps, from their form, Eub.111, Matro Conv.64, AP5.184 (Asclep.); τῶν καρίδων αἱ κυφαί shrimps, e.g. Palaemon squilla, Arist.HA525b1, cf.549b12; of birds, Id.IA710b18; also ὑπὸ κ. ἄροτρον IG14.2012.14 (Sulp. Max.); cf. κύφων 1.    II curved, round, of a cup, Ath.11.482e.

German (Pape)

[Seite 1539] (vgl. κύπτω), vornüber gebogen, gebückt, gekrümmt; γήραϊ κυφός Od. 2, 16; Ar. Plut. 266; κυφὸς διὰ γῆρας D. L 6, 92; – αἱ κυφαί, eine Art καρῖδες, Matro bei Ath. IV, 156 a; Arist. H. A. 4, 2. 5, 17; vgl. τρίγλαι κυφαί Epicharm. bei Ath. VII, 288 a; καρῖδες Asclepds. 28 (V, 185).