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συγκύπτω ,
A.bend forwards, stoop and lay heads together, “παιδάρια συγκύψανθ᾽ ἅμα βληχᾶται” Ar.V.570; ς. πρὸς ἀλλήλας, of mares, Arist. HA572a23: metaph., οἱ κακοῦντες τὰ κοινὰ συγκύψαντες ποιεῦσι they do it in concert, Hdt.3.82, cf. 7.145; “καὶ συγκύψαντες ἅπαντες γελῶσιν” Phryn.Com.3.6; “τοῦτο δ᾽ εἰς ἕν ἐστι συγκεκυφός” Ar.Eq.854.
2. draw together, “ἢν συγκύπτῃ τὰ κέρατα τοῦ πλαισίου” X.An.3.4.19, cf. 21.
II. to be bowed down, bent double, as under a burden, Ev.Luc. 13.11, Philostr.Im.2.20; “συγκεκυ_φώς” Them.Or.7.90b; “ς. τῷ προσώπῳ” LXX Jb.9.27; μελανίᾳ ib.Si.19.26.
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.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (8):
    • Aristophanes, Knights, 854
    • Aristophanes, Wasps, 570
    • Herodotus, Histories, 3.82
    • Herodotus, Histories, 7.145
    • New Testament, Luke, 13.11
    • Xenophon, Anabasis, 3.4.19
    • Old Testament, Job, 9.27
    • Old Testament, Ecclesiasticus, 19.26
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