γναμπτός: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ή, όν, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[curved]], [[bent]], 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"><span class="bld">2</span> [[supple]], [[pliant]], 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"><span class="bld">3</span> metaph., [[pliable]], <b class="b3">οὔτε νόημα γναμπτὸν ἐνὶ στήθεσσι</b> (of Achilles), <span class="bibl">Il.24.41</span>.</span>