κύπτω,
fut. κύψω LXX Ps. 9.31 (10.10): aor. ἔκυψα (v. infr.): pf. κέκῡφα Hp. Steril. 217: -
1. bend forward, stoop, πλευρά, τά οἱ κύψαντι παρ’ ἀσπίδος ἐξεφαάνθη Il. 4.468; ἔλαβεν.. κύψας ἐκ πεδίοιο 17.621, cf. 21.69; ὁσσάκι γὰρ κύψει’ ὁ γέρων πιέειν μενεαίνων κτλ. Od. 11.585; κ. ἐστὴν γῆν Hdt. 3.14; κάτω κ. Ar. V. 279 (lyr.), Thphr. Char. 24.8; κεκυφότες εἰς γῆν καὶ εἰς τραπέζας Pl. R. 586a; χαμᾶζε Plu. Ant. 45: freq. in aor. part. with another Verb, ἔθει κύψας ran with the head down, i.e. at full speed, Ar. Ra. 1091 (anap.); ὁμόσ’ εἶμι κύψας Id. Ec. 863; ἐς τὴν γῆν κύψασα κάτω βαδίζει Id. Fr. 395; κύψας ἐσθίει eats stooping, i.e. greedily, Id. Pax 33; sens. obsc., Hippon. 22 Diehl.
2. hang the head from shame, οὗτος, τί κύπτεις; Ar. Eq. 1354, Th. 930; or sorrow, Amphis 30.6, Euphro 1.27, or thought, Epicr. 11.21, 23 (anap.).
3. bow down under a burden, D. 18.323.
4. κύψαι, = ἀπάγξασθαι, Archil. 35, cf. Phot.
5. of animals, to be bowed forward, opp. the erect figure of man, Arist. PA 657a15; κέρεα κεκυφότα ἐς τὸ ἔμπροσθε horns bent forward, of certain African oxen, Hdt. 4.183; ἐπὴν ὁ στόμαχος [τῆς ὑστέρης] ἐς τὸν ἀρχὸν κεκύφῃ Hp. l.c.
G2955 — κύπτω
: 1 aorist participle κύψας; (from κυβη the head (cf. Vanicek, p. 164; especially Curtius, index under the word)); from Homer down; the Sept. chiefly for קָדַד; to bow the head, bend forward, stoop down: [Mar 1:7]; with κάτω added (Aristophanes vesp. 279), [Joh 8:6], [Joh 8:8]. (Compare: ἀνακύπτω, παρακύπτω, συγκύπτω.)
κύπτω ,
[in LXX chiefly for H6915;]
to bow the head, stoop down: [Mar 1:7]; seq . κάτω , [Joh 8:6]; [Joh 8:8] ( cf. ἀνα -, παρα -, συν - κύπτω ). †
κατα - κύπτω ,
[in LXX : [2Ki 9:32] (H8259 hi .) * ;]
t o bend down, stoop: [Joh 8:8] ( κάτω κύψας , Rec. , WH , mg .). †