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|Definition=ἡ, ([[κάμπτω]])<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[winding]], of a [[river]], Hdt.1.185; <b class="b3">Εὐβοΐδα καμπή</b>, of the [[Euripus]], A.''Fr.''30; τὰς καμπὰς τῶν Χωρίων Aen.Tact.15.6; τόπους καμπὰς ἔχοντας Ael.''Tact.''35.4.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[flexion]], [[bending]], τὰ ἄποδα δυσὶ Χρώμενα προέρχεται καμπαῖς Arist.''IA''707b9, cf. ''HA''490a31.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[curved part]], Hero''Spir.''2.16, Sor.2.62.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[turning-post in a racecourse]], περὶ ταῖσι καμπαῖς ἡνίοχοι πεπτωκότες Ar.''Pax''905; καμπαῖσι δρόμων E.''IA''224(lyr.); <b class="b3">εὐλαβηθῆναι περὶ τὴν καμπήν</b> Pl.''Ion''537a: metaph., <b class="b3">μῦθον ἐς καμπὴν ἄγε</b> [[bring]] a [[speech]] to its [[goal]] (cf. [[καμπτήρ]] ''ΙΙ''), E.''El.'' 659; καμπὴν ποιεῖσθαι [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Phaedo|Phd.]]'' 72b.<br><span class="bld">III</span> in Music, [[turn]], [[sudden change]], εἴ τις κάμψειέν τινα καμπήν Ar.''Nu.''969; <b class="b3">ἐξαρμονίους κ.</b> Pherecr. 145.9, cf. ib. 28; καμπαὶ ᾀσμάτων Philostr.''VS''2.28.<br><span class="bld">2</span> Rhet., [[rounding off]] of a [[period]], Cic.''Att.''1.14.4(pl.), Demetr.''Eloc.''10, 17.<br><span class="bld">IV</span> [[bend]], [[articulation]] or [[flexure]] of a [[limb]], <b class="b3">τῶν ὤμων, τῶν ἰσχίων, τῶν δακτύλων</b>, etc., Arist.''HA''498a25sqq., cf. Pl.''Ti.''74e; of the [[skull]], <b class="b3">οὐκ ἔχουσα καμπάς</b> ib.75c; <b class="b3">οὐλὴ καμπῆ</b> ([[καμπῇ]]) Χιρὸς δεξιᾶς ''Sammelb.''7031.5 (i A.D.).