καμπτήρ: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ῆρος, ὁ, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[bend]], [[angle]], <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>7.1.6</span>, <span class="bibl">Str.14.2.14</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[turning point]] in the [[δίαυλος]], which was the [[goal]] in the [[single]] [[race]] (cf. [[καμπή]] ''ΙΙ''), <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Rh.</span>1409a32</span>, <span class="title">BCH</span>23.567(Delph., iii B.C.), <span class="bibl">Babr.29.4</span>: pl., as works of art, <span class="bibl">Plin.<span class="title">HN</span>36.25</span>: metaph., <b class="b3">καμπτὴρ βίου</b> = the '[[last]] [[lap]]' of [[life]], <span class="bibl">Herod.10.3</span>; <b class="b3">καμπτὴρ πύματος</b>, of the [[colophon]] which marks the [[last]] [[page]], <span class="title">AP</span>12.257.1 (Mel.).</span>