I.perf., ātum, 1, v. a., to bend or curve backwards, to turn back (not ante-Aug.): “equi colla,” Ov. H. 4, 79: “radicem,” Col. 5, 10, 13: “palmam,” Gell. 3, 6, 2: “in caput aquas,” Ov. Am. 1, 8, 6: “gladios in vulnera,” Stat. Th. 3, 583. — In part. perf.: “mucrone intus recurvato,” Cels. 7, 7, 4: “os magis in exteriora,” id. 8, 1 fin.: “undae (Maeandri),” winding, serpentine, Ov. M. 2, 246.
rĕ-curvo , no