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ὑποκάμπτω

upokampto

bend short back

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Where it lives

Agamemnon 1 · 1.23/10k
On Hunting 1 · 1.1/10k

What it meant

ὑποκάμπτω · hypokamptō — LSJ

bend short back, turned in, under

bend short back, ὑπὸ γλωχῖνα δʼ ἔκαμψαν they turned in the strap-end under the strap itself, Il. 24.274; ὑποκεκαμμένα [τὰ σκέλη] Philum. ap. Aët. 16.23.

II turn back, double

intr., turn back, double as a hare, X. Cyn. 5.16.

III fall short of

metaph., c. acc., fall short of, καιρὸν χάριτος A. Ag. 786 (anap.).

In the wild

ὑποκάμψας · hypokampsas Aeschylus, Agamemnon 785–787
ὑποκάμπτουσι · hypokamptousi Xenophon, On Hunting 5.16 (DIORISIS sentence 171)

Where it came from

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