ἐπιγνάμπτω

A. curve, bend, ἆξαι ἐπιγνάμψας δόρυ Il. 21.178; ἐπεγνάμπτοντο δὲ κῶπαι A.R. 2.591.

II. . metaph., bow, bend to one's purpose, ἐπέγναμψεν ἅπαντας Ἥρη λισσομένη Il. 2.14; ἐπιγνάμψασα φίλον κῆρ 1.569; ἐπιγνάμπτει νόον ἐσθλῶν 9.514:—Med., Nic. Al. 363.