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πιτυοκάμπτης

πιτυοκάμπτης, pine-bender

πῐτῠο-κάμπτης, ου, ὁ,
  • pine-bender, epith. of Sinis, who killed travellers by tying them between two pine-trees bent down so as nearly to meet, and then let go again, Str. 9.1.4, Apollod. 3.16.2, Plu. Thes. 8:—also πῐτῠκάμπτης, prob. for παλικάμπῃ in AP 11.107 (Lucill.).

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