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κύπτω , fut.
2. hang the head from shame, οὗτος, τί κύπτεις; Ar.Eq.1354, Th.930; or sorrow, Amphis 30.6, Euphro 1.27, or thought, Epicr.11.21, 23 (anap.).
3. bow down under a burden, D.18.323.
4. κύψαι, = ἀπάγξασθαι, Archil.35, cf. Phot.
5. of animals, to be bowed forward, opp. the erect figure of man, Arist.PA657a15; κέρεα κεκυφότα ἐς τὸ ἔμπροσθε horns bent forward, of certain African oxen, Hdt.4.183; “ἐπὴν στόμαχος [τῆς ὑστέρης] ἐς τὸν ἀρχὸν κεκύφῃHp. l.c.
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