A.“κάμψω” Il.7.118, S.OC91: aor. 1 “ἔκαμψα” Od.5.453, Pi.P.2.51, etc.:—Pass., fut. “καμφθήσομαι” D.Chr.77.33, Gal.UP2.15: aor. “ἐκάμφθην” A.Pr.513, Th.3.58: pf. inf. “κεκάμφθαι” Hp.Art.67, part. “κεκαμμένος” Arist.Metaph.1016a12, (ἐπ ι -, σ υ γ -) Hp.Prog.3, X. Eq.7.2. (Cogn. with Lith. ka[mtilde]p-as 'corner', ku[mtilde]p-as 'curved', and prob. Lat. campus):—bend, curve, ὄφ ρ α ἴτ υ ν κάμψῃ that he may bend it into a chariot-rail, Il.4.486 (so metaph., “κ . νέας ἁψ ῖδας ἐπ ῶν ” Ar.Th.53): freq. in phrase, γόνυ κ . bend the knee so as to sit down and rest, “φημί μ ι ν ἀσπασίως γόνυ κάμψειν” Il.7.118, cf. 19.72; “ὁ δ ᾽ ἄρ ᾽ ἄμ φ ω γούνατ᾽ ἔκαμψε Χ ε ῖράς τ ε στιβαράς” Od.5.453; ο ὐ κάμπτων γόνυ, i.e. never resting, A.Pr.32; ἄσμενός τ ἂν . . κάμψειεν γόνυ ib. 398; “ἵζ ω . . κάμψας γόνυ” E.Hec.1150; so “κ . κ ῶλ α ” S.OC19; then κάμπτειν alone, sit down, rest, ib.85, E.Hec.1080(lyr.); also γόνυ κ . bend the knee in worship, LXXIs.45.23, etc.:—Pass., bend oneself, opp. ἐκτείνεσθαι, Pl.Ti.74b; “ὥσπερ ξύλον καμπτόμενον ε ὐθύνουσιν” Id.Prt. 325d; ἡ κεκαμμένη (sc. γραμμή) a bent line, Arist.Metaph.l.c.
II. turn or guide a horse or chariot round the turning-post (cf. “καμπτήρ” 11), κάμψαι διαύλου θάτερον κ ῶλ ο ν πάλιν to double the post and return along the second half of the δίαυλος, A.Ag.344; “κ . δρόμον” B. 9.26; κάμπτοντος ἵππου as the horse was turning, S.El.744; “κ . π ε ρ ὶ νύσσαν” Theoc.24.120: metaph., κ . βίον to make the last turn in the course of life, S.OC91; “κ . βίου τέλος” E.Hipp.87, El.956; “ὅτ α ν κάμψῃς κ α ὶ τελευτήσῃς βίον” Id.Hel.1666; ἑξηκοστὸν ἥλ ι ο ν κ . Herod.10.1; δ ι ὰ λόγου κάμψαι κακά to end evils by reasoning, E.Supp.748.
2. of seamen, double a headland, “Ἡρακλέας στήλας” Hdt.4.42; τ ὸ ἀκρωτήριον, τ ὴν ἄκρην, Id.4.43, 7.122; “ὡς δ ὲ τ ὴν ἄκραν κάμπτοντας ἡμ ᾶς ε ἶδ ο ν ” Men. 15, cf. Aeschrio 8.3; Μαλέαν κ . Poet. ap. Str.8.6.20, D.S.13.64, etc.; “κ . π ε ρ ὶ ἄκραν” Ar.Ach.96; κ . κόλπον wind round the bay, Hdt.7.58.
3. abs., πάλιν κ . turn back, E.Ba.1225, Rh.234 (lyr.); ἐγ γ ὺς τ ῶν ἐμ ῶν κάμπτεις φ ρ ε ν ῶν （κάμπτῃ codd.) thou comest near my meaning, Id.IT 815.
III. in Music, κάμπτων μ ε κ α ὶ στρέφων ὅλ η ν διέφθορεν (sc. Phrynis) with his turns and twists, Pherecr.145.15; “κ . καμπήν” Ar.Nu. 969; “κ . ᾠδάς” Philostr.VA4.39.
IV. metaph., κάμπτειν τινά bow down, humble, Pi.P.2.51; “ὁ Χρόνος μ ᾽ ἔκαμψε” Crates Theb.17:—Pass., to be bent or bowed down, “πημοναῖσ ι ” A.Pr.239, 308, cf. 513; κάμπτομαι I submit, Pl.Prt.320b, etc.; “κάμπτεσθαι κ α ὶ ἕλκεσθαι π ρ ὸς φιλοσοφίαν” Id.R.494e; π ο λ λ ὰ κάμπτονται κ α ὶ συγκλῶν τ α ι are warped, Id.Tht. 173b: abs., to be moved to pity, Th.3.58 (in full “κ . ε ἰς ἔλ ε ο ν ” Lib.Or. 59.85).
