Aristotle Greek Lexicon κυφός

κυφός

kyphos

bent forwards, stooping, hunchbacked

Appears 4 times across Aristotle's works.

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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, Ar. Ach. 703, Pl. 266; σφόνδυλοι ἕλκονται ἐς τὸ κ., in curvature of the spine, Hp. Art. 41; τρίγλαι κ. Epich. 64; freq. of shrimps, from their form, Eub. 111, Matro Conv. 64, AP 5.184 (Asclep.); τῶν καρίδων αἱ κυφαί shrimps, e.g. Palaemon squilla, Arist. HA 525b1, cf.549b12; of birds, Id. IA 710b18; also ὑπὸ κ. ἄροτρον IG 14.2012.14 (Sulp. Max.); cf. κύφων I. II. curved, round, of a cup, Ath. 11.482e.

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