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λορδ-ός

lordos

bent backwards, so as to be convex in front

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What it meant

1. λορδός · lordos — Beekes

λορδός [adj.] ‘bent backwards, so as to be convex in front’, also sens. obsc., opposite κυφός (Hp., Arist.). <1E? *lerd- ‘curve’> - *DER Λόρδων, -wvoc [m.] name of ἃ demon (Pl. Com. 174, 17, beside Κύβδασος from KvBda); λορδόομαι, -όω [v.] ‘to bend supinely’ (Hp., com.), whence Adp-waic, -ωμα ‘curvature of the spine inward’ (Hp. Gal.), opposed to κύφ-ωσις, -ωμα; also λορδαίνω = -όω (Ηρ... *ETYM Isolated in Greek. … — [Beekes, s.v. λορδός, p. 918]

2. λορδός · lordos — Chantraine

λορδός : «courbé» dans le sens de la convexité, « cambré » (Hp., Arist.). S’oppose à κυφός. Dérivé : Λόρδων, -wvos, nom d'un démon lubrique (PL. Com. 174,17), à côté de κύδδασος tiré de κύδδα. Verbes dénominatifs : 1. λορδόομαι, -6w «se cambrer » (Hp., etc.), au sens érotique (Ar. Assemblée 10, etc.), d'où λόρδωσις (Hp., etc.), τωμα (Hp., etc.), opposés à κύφωσις et κύφωμα ; 2. λορδαίνω id. (Hp. Ari. 46). Le grec … — [Chantraine, s.v. λορδός, p. 663]

3. λορδός · lordos — Frisk

λορδός "mit dem Oberkörper rückwärts gekrümmt, mit einwärts gebogenem Rücken’, auch sens. obsc., Gegensatz κυφός (Hp., Arıst.).. — Davon Adedwv, -wvos m. N. eines Dämons (Pl. Kom. 174, 17, neben Κύβδασος von κύβδα); λορδόομαι, -6w *“(sich) einwärts biegen, den Rücken einziehen’ (Hp., Kom. u.a.) mit λόρδ-ωσις, -wua “Verkrümmung des Oberkörpers nach einwärts’ (Hp., Gal.), Gegensatz κύφ-ωσις, -wua; auch λορδαίνω = -6w … — [Frisk, s.v. λορδός, p. 1109]

4. λορδ-ός · lord-os — LSJ

bent backward

bent backward, so as to be convex in front, opp. κυφός, Hp. Fract. 16, Art. 48, Arist. IA 707b 18.

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