κυφός

κῡφός, ή, όν, (κύπτω, κέκῡφα)

• bent forwards, stooping, hunchbacked, ὃς δὴ γήραϊ κ. ἔην καὶ μυρία ᾔδη Od. 2.16; κ. ἀνήρ, πρεσβύτης, Ar. Ach. 703, Pl. 266; σφόνδυλοι ἕλκονται ἐς τὸ κ., in curvature of the spine, Hp. Art. 41; τρίγλαι κ. Epich. 64; freq. of shrimps, from their form, Eub. 111, Matro Conv. 64, AP 5.184 (Asclep.); τῶν καρίδων αἱ κυφαί shrimps, e.g. Palaemon squilla, Arist. HA 525b1, cf. 549b12; of birds, Id. IA 710b18; also ὑπὸ κ. ἄροτρον IG 14.2012.14 (Sulp. Max.); cf. κύφων I.
• • II curved, round, of a cup, Ath. 11.482e.

κυφός, [ῡ], (vgl. κύπτω), vornüber gebogen, gebückt, gekrümmt ; γήραϊ κυφός Od. 2.16 ; Ar. Plut. 266 ; κυφὸς διὰ γῆρας DL. 6.92 ; – αἱ κυφαί, eine Art καρῖδες, Matro bei Ath. IV.156a ; Arist. H.A. 4.2, 5.17 ; vgl. τρίγλαι κυφαί Epicharm. bei Ath. VII.288a ; καρῖδες Asclepds. 28 (V.185).

κυφός

[κυφ-, κύπτω.]

Bent, stooping Od. 2.16.

κυφός (κύπτω): bowed, bent, Od. 2.16†.

κυφός κῡφός, ή, όν κύπτω

• bent forwards, bent, stooping, hump-backed, Od., Ar.