ἰδνόομαι

• bend oneself, double oneself up, esp. for pain, ἰδνώθη Il. 2.266; ἰδνώθη δὲ πεσών 13.618; ἰδνωθεὶς ὀπίσω, of a snake in the clutches of an eagle, 12.205; also, of one throwing up a ball perpendicularly, Od. 8.375, cf. APl. 16.97; of the womb, ἢν . . ἰδνωθῇ Hp. Mul. 1.2; ἰδνοῦται ib. 10:—Act., ἰδνῶ only in Hdn.Gr. 1.451.

3 sing. aor. ἰδνώθη Il. 2.266, Il. 13.618.

Pple. ἰδνωθείς Il. 12.205: Od. 8.375, Od. 22.85.

• • 1

    To bend or double up one’s body, curl oneself up: ὁ δʼ ἰδνώθη (in pain) Il. 2.266, ἰδνώθη πεσών (in the death-struggle) Il. 13.618. Cf. Od. 22.85.

  • 2

    To bend the body for an upward throw: ἰδνωθεὶς ὀπίσω Od. 8.375.

    Sim., of an eagle bending back his head in order to use his beak Il. 12.205.

• to bend oneself, double oneself up, shrink up, esp. for pain, Il.; ἰδνωθεὶς ὀπίσω bent back, of one throwing up a ball, Hom.