The corpus record

κατακύπτω

katakupto

bend down, stoop

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Where it lives

John 1 · 0.65/10k
Regnorum IV 1 · 0.58/10k
Iliad 2 · 0.18/10k
Discourses 1 · 0.13/10k

What it meant

κατακύπτω · katakyptō — LSJ

bend down, stoop, to be bowed down

bend down, stoop, πρόσσω γὰρ κατέκυψε Il. 16.611, cf. Aristeas 91, Ev.Jo. 8.8; to be bowed down by shame, AP 12.8 (Strato).

2 look down, stoop down and look

look down from a window, LXX 4 Ki. 9.32; stoop down and look, εἰς τὸν βυθόν Arr. Epict. 2.16.22; κ. εἴσω τοῦ χάσματος Luc. DMort. 4[21].1; κ. ἐς τὸ ἄστυ Id. Pisc. 39, cf. Icar. 15.

In the wild

κατακύψας · katakypsas Epictetus, Discourses 2.16 (DIORISIS sentence 2811)
κατέκυψε · katekypse Iliad 16.611
κατέκυψε · katekypse Iliad 17.527
κατακύψας · katakypsas New Testament, John 8.8 (DIORISIS sentence 408)
κατέκυψαν · katekypsan Septuaginta, Regnorum IV 9

Where it came from

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