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bend forward

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Οὔτοι συνέχθειν, ἀλλὰ συμφιλεῖν ἔφυν → I was not born to hate, but to love.

Sophocles, Antigone, 523

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

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verb transitive

Ar. and P. κύπτειν, P. προνεύειν.

bend towards (a person): Ar. and P. προσκύπτειν (dat. or absol.).