gibbus

a, um, adj.

cf. κύπτω, κυφός, bent, bowed, crooked; v. gibber

I. hunched, humped, gibbous.
I. Adj.: calvaria ex interiore parte concava, extrinsecus gibba, Cels. 8, 1.—
II. Subst.
A. gibbus, i, m., a hunch, hump, Juv. 10, 294; 309; 6, 109.—
B. gibba, ae, f., the same, Suet. Dom. 23. —
2. Transf., a hump-like swelling, protuberance, Amm. 23, 4.
Lewis & Short
A Latin Dictionary, 1879
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