γναμπτός
gnamptos
curved, bent
Appears 11 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
γναμπτός, ή, όν, A. curved, bent, ἰχθυάασκον γναμπτοῖς ἀγκίστροισιν Od. 4.369; μετὰ γναμπτῇ σι γένυσσιν Il. 11.416; πόρπας τε γναμπτάς θʼ ἕλικας 18.401; ὄνυχες γ. Op. 204; γ. δρόμοι, of the diaulos, I. 1.57; γ. χαλινούς, 2. supple, pliant, of the limbs of living men (opp. to the stark and stiff ones of the dead), ἐνὶ γναμπτοῖσι μέλεσσι Il. 11.669, 24.359, Od. 11.394, etc. 3. metaph., pliable, οὔτε νόημα γναμπτὸν ἐνὶ στήθεσσι (of Achilles), Il. 24.41.
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