κυφός: Difference between revisions

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