κυρτός

kyrtos

bulging, swelling

Appears 3 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Iliad 3
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Book 2 1
Chapter ?

2218
Book 4 1
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4426
Book 13 1
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13799

Dictionary (LSJ)

κυρτός, ή, όν, A. bulging, swelling, κῦμα Il. 4.426; κύματα κυρτὰ φαληριόωντα 13.799, cf. Sosicr. 2; θάλασσα κυρτὸν ἐπαφρίζῃ Mosch. Fr. 1.5; τὼ δέ οἱ ὤμω κυρτώ humped, Il. 2.218, cf. AP 11.120; τὸ κ. τῶν ὤμων Jul. Or. 6.201b: hence, hunchbacked, PFay. 121.15 (i/ii A.D.); βραχίων κ. πέφυκεν ἐς τὸ ἔξω μέρος Hp. Fract. 8; κ. τροχός E. Ba. 1066; κυρτὴ κάμηλος Babr. 40.2; καρῖδες Ophel. 1: Comp. κυρτότερος Phlp. in Ph. 696.26: Sup. κυρτότατοι φύλλον Thphr. HP 3.10.5. 2. convex, opp. κοῖλος, οὔσης [τῆς γῆς] κυρτῆς καὶ σφαιροειδοῦς Arist. Mete. 365a31; περὶ τὰς ἐκλείψεις [ἡ σελήνη] ἀεὶ κυρτὴν ἔχει τὴν ὁρίζουσαν γραμμήν Id. Cael. 297b28; κ. ἐπιφάνεια convex surface of a shield, Plb. 6.23.2; of blood-vessels, bulging, Sor. 1.44.

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