κυφός
kyphos
bent forwards, stooping, hunchbacked
Appears 4 times across Aristotle's works.
Frequency by work
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Dictionary (LSJ)
κυφός, ή, όν, (κύπτω, κέκῡφα) A. bent forwards, stooping, hunchbacked, ὃς δὴ γήραϊ κ. ἔην καὶ μυρία ᾔδη Od. 2.16; κ. ἀνήρ, πρεσβύτης, Ach. 703, Pl. 266; σφόνδυλοι ἕλκονται ἐς τὸ κ., in curvature of the spine, Art. 41; τρίγλαι κ. 64; freq. of shrimps, from their form, 111, Conv. 64, AP 5.184 (); τῶν καρίδων αἱ κυφαί shrimps, e.g. Palaemon squilla, HA 525b1, cf.549b12; of birds, IA 710b18; also ὑπὸ κ. ἄροτρον IG 14.2012.14 (Sulp. ); cf. κύφων I. II. curved, round, of a cup, 11.482e.
Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)
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