ἐπικαμπή

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English (LSJ)

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   A bend, return or angle of a building, Hdt.1.180 (pl.), IG22.1666B54.    2. ἐ. ποιεῖσθαι draw up their army angular-wise, i.e. with the wings thrown forward at an angle with the centre, so as to take the enemy in flank, X.Cyr.7.1.6; ἐς ἐ. τάττειν Arr.An.2.9.2, cf. 3.12.2.