κατακάμπτω,
bend down, so as to be concave, ἐξ ὀρθοῦ κ. [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 71c; εἰς ἓν κύκλῳ [prev. work] 36b; κ. τὰς στροφάς, see at {στροφή} I.3 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, opposed to ἀνακάμπτομαι, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Meteorologica” 386a1; φλὲψ ἐπὶ τὴν ῥάχιν -ομένη 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 15.530 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]: perfect participle passive -κεκαμμένος bending over, conjecture in [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 3.18.8. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II cover with a vault, λίθῳ κατακαμφθέντες [[ 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 5.3.8. ] Refs 1st c.BC+]
__III metaphorically, κ. ἐλπίδας bend down, overthrow hopes, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 1252 (Burges, -γναψε codices, _anapaest meter_)] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, to be bent (by entreaty), [[ 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 1.187. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]