A.bend, “τὸ σκέλος” Hp.Art.14, Pl. Phd.60b; “συγκάμψας τὰν χῆρα καθ᾽ ἕνα ἐκτείνειν τῶν δακτύλων” IG42(1).121.28 (Epid., iv B.C.); of legs, arms, spine, etc., Diocl.Fr.141; “τὸν νῶτόν τινων” LXX Ps.68(69).24: intr., bend down, ib. 4 Ki.4.35:— Pass., opp. ἐκτείνεσθαι, X.Eq.12.5; συγκεκαμμένῳ τῷ σκέλει, of a person mounting a horse, ib.7.2; συγκεκαμμένος τοῖς δακτύλοις with the fingers doubled up. D.L.6.29; esp. of the action of sitting down, “συγκαμφθεὶς κάθημαι” Pl.Phd.98d, cf. Hp.Off.9, Arist.Pr.885b34; of the foetus in the womb, Id.HA586b1, Sor.2.60; of the chest in phthisis, Hp.Loc.Hom.14; of animals lying down with their knees bent under them, “ς. ἡ βοῦς” Arist.HA575a14:—in Pass. also, bend together with, “ἐπιφανείας -εσθαι τοῖς σώμασιν” Plu.2.63c.
συγ-κάμπτω ,
Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon. revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones. with the assistance of. Roderick McKenzie. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1940.
The National Endowment for the Humanities provided support for entering this text.
hide
Dictionary Entry Lookup
Use this tool to search for dictionary entries in all lexica.
How to enter text in Greek:
