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κολπόω

κολπόω, to form into a swelling fold

κολπ-όω,
  • form into a swelling fold; esp. make a sail belly, πνοιῇ . . λίνα κολπώσαντες AP 9.363.10 (Mel.); ἄνεμος κ. τὴν ὀθόνην Luc. VH 1.9; χιτῶνας κολπώσαντες τῷ ἀνέμῳ, καθάπερ ἱστία ib. 13:—Pass., swell out, of membranes, Hp. Nat.Puer. 16; κολποῦται ὑμὴν φυσώμενος Arist. HA 510b32; of Europaʼs garment, Mosch. 2.129; κολποῦται Ζέφυρος εἰς ὀθόνας AP 10.5 (Thyill.); of a bay, curve, Plb. 34.11.5: Medic., contain a sinus, Heliod. ap. Orib. 44.8.22: metaph. in pf. part. Pass., κεκολπωμένος turgid, of style, D.H. Dem. 19.

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