ἐπικάμπτω
ἐπικάμπτω, to bend into an angle
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ἐπικάμπτον present active participle neuter accusative singular, present active participle neuter nominative singular, present active participle neuter vocative singular of ἐπικάμπτω
ἐπικάμπ-τω,
- bend into an angle, τὸν δάκτυλον Arist. HA 556b17; [κλάδους] χερσί Them. Or. 21.249a; Archit., make an angle or return, IG 2(2).1668.75:—Pass., bend or turn, ἐς τὰ ἀριστερά Hp. Oss. 10; arch, ὀφρὺς ἐπικεκαμμένη Arist. PA 671b33; of troops, advance the wings, so as to form angles with the centre and take the enemy in flank, X. Cyr. 7.1.5, HG 4.2.20, An. 1.8.23; τὸ στόμα ἐπικεκαμμένον ἔχουσα [φάλαγξ] Ascl. Tact. 11.1; also of a fleet, form a curved line so as to envelop the enemy, D.C. 50.31.
- 2 Act., ἐ. πρὸς ἔλεόν τινας move to pity, Lib. Decl. 46.13:—Pass., abs., Ctes. Fr. 29.56, Lib. Or. 6.38; πρὸς τὸν ὀδυρμόν Id. Loc. 1.31.
- II intr., to be bent, Arist. HA 529a12.
ἐπι·κάμπτω :
1 courber, plier, Hpc. 276, 35 ; Arstt. P.A. 3, 9, 8 ; t. de tact. courber en fer à cheval, Xén. Cyr. 7, 1, 5, etc. ||
2 intr. se courber, Arstt. H.A. 4, 4, 18.
ἐπικάμπτω, einbiegen, umbiegen, krümmen, Hippocr.; τὸν δάκτυλον Arist. H.A. 5.30 ; bes. vom Heere, die Flügel einwärts od. auswärts krümmen, εἰς κύκλωσιν, um den Feind zu umzingeln, Xen. Hell. 4.2.20 ; absol., ἐπέκαμπτεν ὡς εἰς κύκλωσιν An. 1.8.23. – Auch Sp., wie Geop.
ἐπικάμπτω
fut. ψω
- to bend into an angle:—Pass. to move the wings of an army forward, so as to form angles with the centre and take the enemy in flank, Xen.