κύπτω

kypto

bend forward, stoop

Appears 4 times across Homer's epics.

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Iliad 3
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Book 4 1
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4468
Book 17 1
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17621
Book 21 1
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2169
Odyssey 1
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Book 11 1
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11585

Dictionary (LSJ)

κύπτω, fut. κύψω LXX Ps. 9.31 (10.10): aor. ἔκυψα (v. infr.): pf. κέκῡφα Hp. Steril. 217:—A. bend forward, stoop, πλευρά, τά οἱ κύψαντι παρʼ ἀσπίδος ἐξεφαάνθη Il. 4.468; ἔλαβεν . . κύψας ἐκ πεδίοιο 17.621, cf. 21.69; ὁσσάκι γὰρ κύψειʼ ὁ γέρων πιέειν μενεαίνων κτλ. Od. 11.585; κ. ἐστὴν γῆν Hdt. 3.14; κάτω κ. Ar. V. 279 (lyr.), Thphr. Char. 24.8; κεκυφότες εἰς γῆν καὶ εἰς τραπέζας Pl. R. 586a; χαμᾶζε Plu. Ant. 45: freq. in aor. part. with another Verb, ἔθει κύψας ran with the head down, i.e. at full speed, Ar. Ra. 1091 (anap.); ὁμόσʼ εἶμι κύψας Id. Ec. 863; ἐς τὴν γῆν κύψασα κάτω βαδίζει Id. Fr. 395; κύψας ἐσθίει eats stooping, i.e. greedily, Id. Pax 33; sens. obsc., Hippon. 22 Diehl. 2. hang the head from shame, οὗτος, τί κύπτεις; Ar. Eq. 1354, Th. 930; or sorrow, Amphis 30.6, Euphro 1.27, or thought, Epicr. 11.21, 23 (anap.). 3. bow down under a burden, D. 18.323. 4. κύψαι, = ἀπάγξασθαι, Archil. 35, cf. Phot. 5. of animals, to be bowed forward, opp. the erect figure of man, Arist. PA 657a15; κέρεα κεκυφότα ἐς τὸ ἔμπροσθε horns bent forward, of certain African oxen, Hdt. 4.183; ἐπὴν ὁ στόμαχος [τῆς ὑστέρης] ἐς τὸν ἀρχὸν κεκύφῃ Hp. l.c.

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