bend forward, stoop
κύπτω,fut.
A.
κύψω
LXX Ps. 9.31
( 10.10 ):aor. ἔκυψα(v. infr.):pf.
κέκῡφα
Hp. Steril. 217
:—bend forward, stoop, πλευρά, τά οἱ κύψαντι παρ' ἀσπίδος ἐξεφαάνθη
Il. 4.468
; ἔλαβεν . . κύψας ἐκ πεδίοιο
17.621
, cf. 21.69 ;ὁσσάκι γὰρ κύψει' 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. inaor. part.with another Verb,ἔθει κύψαςranwith the head down, i.e.at full speed, Ar. Ra. 1091 (anap.); ὁμός' εἶμι κύψας
Id. Ec. 863
; ἐς τὴν γῆν κύψασα κάτω βαδίζει
Id. Fr. 395
;κύψας ἐσθίειeatsstooping, 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 ἔμπροσθεhornsbentforward, of certain African oxen, Hdt. 4.183 ; ἐπὴν ὁ στόμαχος [τῆς ὑστέρης] ἐς τὸν ἀρχὸν κεκύφῃ
Hp.
l.c.
