The corpus record

καμπύλος

kampulos

bent, curved

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Where it lives

Shield of Heracles 1 · 3.09/10k
Suppliant Maidens 1 · 2.07/10k
On Hunting 1 · 1.1/10k
Categories 1 · 1/10k
Iliad 7 · 0.63/10k
Metaphysics 4 · 0.51/10k
Eudemian Ethics 1 · 0.38/10k
Odyssey 3 · 0.35/10k
Rhetoric 1 · 0.23/10k
Analytica priora et posteriora 1 · 0.18/10k
Republic 1 · 0.11/10k

What it meant

καμπύλος · kampylos — LSJ

bent, curved, of varied metre

bent, curved, opp. εὐθύς, of a bow, κ. τόξα Il. 3.17, etc.; ἅρμα 5.231; κ. κύκλα, of wheels, ib. 722; ἄροτρα h.Cer. 308, Sol. 13.48; δίφρος Pi. I. 4(3).29; ὄχημα A. Supp. 183; σελίς IG 1(2).374.57; κῦμα BMus.Inscr. 1012 (Chalcedon); κ. ἐς τὸ ἔξω Hp. Art. 1; καμπύλα τε καὶ εὐθέα Pl. R. 602c: metaph., κ. μέλος an ode of varied metre, Simon. 29; cf. καμπύλη.

In the wild

καμπύλοις · kampylois Aeschylus, Suppliant Maidens 182–183
καμπύλον · kampylon Aristotle, Analytica priora et posteriora AHys.Α (DIORISIS sentence 1547)
καμπύλον · kampylon Aristotle, Categories (DIORISIS sentence 159)
καμπύλῳ · kampylōi Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics 2
καμπύλου · kampylou Aristotle, Metaphysics book 13 (DIORISIS sentence 3916)
καμπύλον · kampylon Aristotle, Metaphysics book 14 (DIORISIS sentence 4023)

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