συγκάμπτω

A. bend, τὸ σκέλος Hp. Art. 14, Pl. Phd. 60b; συγκάμψας τὰν χῆρα καθ’ ἕνα ἐκτείνειν τῶν δακτύλων IG 42(1).121.28 (Epid., iv B.C.); of legs, arms, spine, etc., Diocl.Fr. 141; τὸν νῶτόν τινων LXX Ps. 68(69).24: intr., bend down, ib. 4 Ki. 4.35:— Pass., opp. ἐκτείνεσθαι, X. Eq. 12.5; συγκεκαμμένῳ τῷ σκέλει, of a person mounting a horse, ib.7.2; συγκεκαμμένος τοῖς δακτύλοις with the fingers doubled up. D.L. 6.29; esp. of the action of sitting down, συγκαμφθεὶς κάθημαι Pl. Phd. 98d, cf. Hp. Off. 9, Arist. Pr. 885b34; of the foetus in the womb, Id. HA 586b1, Sor. 2.60; of the chest in phthisis, Hp. Loc.Hom. 14; of animals lying down with their knees bent under them, ς. ἡ βοῦς Arist. HA 575a14:—in Pass. also, bend together with, ἐπιφανείας ‐εσθαι τοῖς σώμασιν Plu. 2.63c.