πιτυοκάμπτης

πῐτῠο-κάμπτης, ου, ὁ,

• pine-bender, epith. of Sinis, who killed travellers by tying them between two pine-trees bent down so as nearly to meet, and then let go again, Str. 9.1.4, Apollod. 3.16.2, Plu. Thes. 8:—also πῐτῠκάμπτης, prob. for παλικάμπῃ in AP 11.107 (Lucill.).

πιτυοκάμπτης, ὁ, Fichtenbeuger, Beiname des Räubers Sinis, der die Wanderer zwischen zwei zusammengebogene Fichten spannte u. sie, indem er diese wieder auseinanderschnellen ließ, zerriß ; auch πιτυκάμπτης ; Plut. Thes. 8, Apolld.

πιτυοκάμπτης πῐτῠο-κάμπτης, ου, ὁ,

• pine-bender, epith. of the robber Sinis, who killed travellers by tying them between two pine-trees bent down so as nearly to meet, and then let go again, Strab., Plut.