κυρτόω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=<span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">hump up, make convex</b>, <b class="b3">κυρτῶν νῶτα</b>, of a bull preparing to charge, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hel.</span>1558</span>; <b class="b3">τὴν χεῖρα ὑπὲρ τοῦ</b> μετώπου κεκυρτωκότες <span class="bibl">Ath.14.629f</span>; καταιγίδες εἴς οὐρανὸν κυρτοῦς τὰ κύματα <span class="bibl">Lib.<span class="title">Or.</span>59.138</span>; λαίφεα <span class="title">AP</span>10.15 (Paul. Sil.); <b class="b3">κ. ὀστοῦν</b> [[make]] the skull [[bulge]], Antyll. ap. <span class="bibl">Orib.46.27.6</span>:—Pass., κῦμα περιστάθη, οὔρεϊ ἶσον, κυρτωθέν <span class="bibl">Od.11.244</span>; κυρτοῦσθαι ῥάχιν <span class="bibl">Opp.<span class="title">C.</span>3.273</span>; of leeches, <span class="bibl">Opp.<span class="title">H.</span>2.602</span>: in Prose, οἱ φοίνικες ὑπὸ βάρους πιεζόμενοι ἄνω κυρτοῦνται ὥσπερ οἱ ὄνοι οἱ κανθήλιοι <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>7.5.11</span>; <b class="b2">become hunchbacked</b>, <span class="bibl">Sor.1.112</span>: aor. 1 Med. <b class="b3">ἐκυρτώσαντο</b> [[bulged]], δειρήν <span class="bibl">Nonn. <span class="title">D.</span>37.564</span>.</span>