κάμπτω,
future κάμψω [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 7.118, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 91 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]: aorist 1 ἔκαμψα [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.453, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 2.51, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]:—passive, future καμφθήσομαι [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Dio Chrysostomus Sophista 77.33, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus “de Usu Partium” 2.15 ] Refs 1st c.AD+]: aorist ἐκάμφθην [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 513, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.58 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: perfect infinitive κεκάμφθαι [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἄρθρων ἐμβολῆς” 67 ] Refs 5th c.BC+], participle κεκαμμένος [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 1016a12, (ἐπι-, συγ-) 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “προγνωστικόν” 3, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Equitandi ratione” 7.2 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]. (Cogn. with Lithuanian ka[mtilde]p-as 'corner', ku[mtilde]p-as 'curved', and probably Latin campus):—bend, curve, ὄφρα ἴτυν κάμψῃ that he may bend it into a chariot-rail, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.486 (so _metaphorically_, κ. νέας ἁψῖδας ἐπῶν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 53): frequently in phrase, γόνυ κ] Refs 8th c.BC+]. bend the knee so as to sit down and rest, φημί μιν ἀσπασίως γόνυ κάμψειν [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 7.118, compare 19.72; ὁ δ᾽ ἄρ᾽ ἄμφω γούνατ᾽ ἔκαμψε Χεῖράς τε στιβαράς 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.453 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; οὐ κάμπτων γόνυ, i.e. never resting, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 32 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἄσμενός τἂν.. κάμψειεν γόνυ[[ [prev. work] 398; ἵζω.. κάμψας γόνυ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 1150; so κ. κῶλα 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 19 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; then κάμπτειν alone, sit down, rest,[[ [prev. work] 85, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 1080 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; also γόνυ κ. bend the knee in worship, [[ LXX.Isa.45.23, etc.] LXX]:—passive, bend oneself, opposed to ἐκτείνεσθαι, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 74b; ὥσπερ ξύλον καμπτόμενον εὐθύνουσιν [prev. author] “Prt.” 325d ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ κεκαμμένη (i.e. γραμμή) a bent line, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphorical” [prev. cited] ] Refs 4th c.BC+]