κατακάμπτω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=<span class="bld">A</span> [[bend down]], so as to be [[concave]], ἐξ ὀρθοῦ κατακάμπτω Pl.Ti. 71c; εἰς ἓν κύκλῳ ib.36b; κατακάμπτω τὰς στροφάς, v. [[στροφή]] 1.3:—Pass., opp. [[ἀνακάμπτομαι]], Arist.Mete.386a1; φλὲψ ἐπὶ τὴν ῥάχιν κατακαμπτομένη Gal.15.530: pf. part. Pass. [[κατακεκαμμένος]] = [[bending over]], cj. in Thphr.HP3.18.8.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[cover with a vault]], λίθῳ κατακαμφθέντες Str.5.3.8.<br><span class="bld">III</span> metaph., κατακάμπτω ἐλπίδας [[bend down]], [[overthrow]] [[hope]]s, E.Tr.1252 (Burges, κατέγναψε codd., anap.):—Pass., [[κατακάμπτομαι]] = to [[be bent]] (by [[entreaty]]), Aeschin.1.187.