κυφός: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ή, όν, (κύπτω, κέκῡφα) <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[bent forwards]], [[stooping]], [[hunchbacked]], ὃς δὴ γήραϊ κ. ἔην καὶ μυρία ᾔδη <span class="bibl">Od.2.16</span>; <b class="b3">κ. ἀνήρ, πρεσβύτης</b>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ach.</span> 703</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Pl.</span>266</span>; <b class="b3">σφόνδυλοι ἕλκονται ἐς τὸ κ</b>., in [[curvature]] of the spine, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Art.</span>41</span>; τρίγλαι κ. <span class="bibl">Epich.64</span>; freq. of shrimps, from their form, <span class="bibl">Eub.111</span>, <span class="bibl">Matro <span class="title">Conv.</span>64</span>, <span class="title">AP</span>5.184 (Asclep.); <b class="b3">τῶν καρίδων αἱ κυφαί</b> [[shrimps]], e.g. [[Palaemon squilla]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>525b1</span>, cf.<span class="bibl">549b12</span>; of birds, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">IA</span>710b18</span>; also ὑπὸ κ. ἄροτρον <span class="title">IG</span>14.2012.14 (Sulp. Max.); cf. κύφων <span class="bibl">1</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> [[curved]], [[round]], of a cup, <span class="bibl">Ath.11.482e</span>.</span>