κάμπη, ἡ,
caterpillar, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἐπικυήσιος” 28, 4th c.BC: Aristopho Comicus 10.4, LXX.Amos.4.9, etc.] LXX+5th c.BC+]; of the silk-worm, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 551b11, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 4.14.9. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__2 ornament of this shape, uncertain in [[ “IG” 12(5).134.13 (from Paros). ] Refs]
__II a fabulous Indian monster, [[ 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 3.72, 4th-5th c.AD(?): Nonnus Epicus “Dionysiaca” 18.237 ] Refs 1st c.BC+]; compare κάμπος.