κύπτω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=fut. <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> κύψω <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">Ps.</span>9.31</span> (<span class="bibl">10.10</span>): aor. [[ἔκυψα]] (v. infr.): pf. κέκῡφα Hp.<span class="title">Steril.</span>217:—[[bend forward]], [[stoop]], πλευρά, τά οἱ κύψαντι παρ' ἀσπίδος ἐξεφαάνθη <span class="bibl">Il.4.468</span>; ἔλαβεν… κύψας ἐκ πεδίοιο <span class="bibl">17.621</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">21.69</span>; <b class="b3">ὁσσάκι γὰρ κύψει' ὁ γέρων πιέειν μενεαίνων κτλ</b>. <span class="bibl">Od.11.585</span>; κ. ἐστὴν γῆν <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.14</span>; κάτω κ. <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">V.</span>279</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">Char.</span>24.8</span>; κεκυφότες εἰς γῆν καὶ εἰς τραπέζας <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>586a</span>; χαμᾶζε <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Ant.</span>45</span>: freq. in aor. part. with another Verb, <b class="b3">ἔθει κύψας</b> ran [[with the head down]], i.e. [[at full speed]], <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ra.</span>1091</span> (anap.); ὁμόσ' εἶμι κύψας <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ec.</span>863</span>; ἐς τὴν γῆν κύψασα κάτω βαδίζει <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Fr.</span>395</span>; <b class="b3">κύψας ἐσθίει</b> eats [[stooping]], i.e. [[greedily]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Pax</span>33</span>; sens. obsc., <span class="bibl">Hippon.22</span> Diehl. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[hang the head from shame]], <b class="b3">οὗτος, τί κύπτεις</b>; <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Eq.</span>1354</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Th.</span>930</span>; or sorrow, <span class="bibl">Amphis 30.6</span>, <span class="bibl">Euphro 1.27</span>, or thought, <span class="bibl">Epicr.11.21</span>, <span class="bibl">23</span> (anap.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[bow down under a burden]], <span class="bibl">D.18.323</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> [[κύψαι]], = [[ἀπάγξασθαι]], <span class="bibl">Archil.35</span>, cf. Phot. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">5</span> of animals, to [[be bowed forward]], opp. the erect figure of man, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">PA</span>657a15</span>; <b class="b3">κέρεα κεκυφότα ἐς τὸ ἔμπροσθε</b> horns [[bent]] forward, of certain African oxen, <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.183</span>; ἐπὴν ὁ στόμαχος [τῆς ὑστέρης] ἐς τὸν ἀρχὸν κεκύφῃ Hp. l.c.</span>