ἀνακάμπτω
anakampto
bend convexly
Appears 30 times across Aristotle's works.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ἀνακάμπτω, A. bend convexly, Mete. 385b33 (Pass.); bend back, τῷ δʼ οὐ πάλιν θυμὸς ἀνεκάμπτετʼ 16.82. II. make to return, 12. 2. mostly intr., bend back, return, ταύτῃ λῆγον ἀ. ἐς τὰ εἴρηται τὸ ὄρος 2.8; ἡ περιφορὰ ἐπʼ ἀρχὴν ἀ. de An. 407a30, cf. Phd. 72b; πάλιν ἀ. GC 337a6, Sam. 341, etc. b. walk up and down, 3.4.16, 2.796d, 2.139. c. in Logic, of the terms of a proposition, to be converted, APo. 72b36, de An. 407a28. d. ἀνακάμπτων, name of a throw of the dice, 57.
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