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κυρτότης

κυρτότης, humped shoulders, stoop

κυρτ-ότης, ητος, ἡ,
  • humped shoulders, stoop, ἡ Πλάτωνος κ. Plu. Aud.poet. 2.26b; convex surface of a bone, etc., Gal. UP 2.7, 12.5 (pl.), al.; of the spherical moon, Plu. Fac.lun. 2.922d; of the earth, Cleom. 1.8; τῆς θαλάσσης Str. 1.1.20, Theo Sm. p.123 H.
      • 2 convexity, opp. κοιλότης, of a line, Arist. Ph. 217b3, Mete. 386a1, cf. Hero Spir. 1.23.

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