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.

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.