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|Definition=ή, όν, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">curved, bent</b>, ἰχθυάασκον γναμπτοῖς ἀγκίστροισιν <span class="bibl">Od.4.369</span>; μετὰ γναμπτῇ σι γένυσσιν <span class="bibl">Il.11.416</span>; πόρπας τε γναμπτάς θ' ἕλικας <span class="bibl">18.401</span>; ὄνυχες γ. <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>204</span>; <b class="b3">γ. δρόμοι</b>, of the diaulos, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">I.</span>1.57</span>; <b class="b3">γ. χαλινούς</b>, Hsch. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">supple, pliant</b>, of the limbs of living men (opp. to the stark and stiff ones of the dead), ἐνὶ γναμπτοῖσι μέλεσσι <span class="bibl">Il.11.669</span>, <span class="bibl">24.359</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.11.394</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> metaph., <b class="b2">pliable</b>, <b class="b3">οὔτε νόημα γναμπτὸν ἐνὶ στήθεσσι</b> (of Achilles), <span class="bibl">Il.24.41</span>.</span>