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ἀνακάμπτω

ἀνακάμπτω, to bend back

ἀνακάμπ-τω,
  • bend convexly, Arist. Mete. 385b33 (Pass.); bend back, τῷ δʼ οὐ πάλιν θυμὸς ἀνεκάμπτετʼ B. 16.82.
    • II make to return, Antiph. 12.
      • 2 mostly intr., bend back, return, ταύτῃ λῆγον ἀ. ἐς τὰ εἴρηται τὸ ὄρος Hdt. 2.8; ἡ περιφορὰ ἐπʼ ἀρχὴν ἀ. Arist. de An. 407a30, cf. Pl. Phd. 72b; πάλιν ἀ. Arist. GC 337a6, Men. Sam. 341, etc.
        • b walk up and down, Str. 3.4.16, Plu. An seni 2.796d, D.L. 2.139.
        • c in Logic, of the terms of a proposition, to be converted, Arist. APo. 72b36, de An. 407a28.
        • d ἀνακάμπτων, name of a throw of the dice, Eub. 57.

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