κυρτωτός

κυρτ-ωτός, ή, όν,

A hunchbacked, Vett.Val.13.2.

κυρτωτός

hunchbacked: masc acc sg

κυρτωτός

hunchbacked: neut nom /voc /acc sg

Grammatical information: adj.

Meaning: `vaulted, rounded, bulging, hunchbacked' (Il., hell.).

Derivatives: κυρτότης `vaultng, rounding, lumpiness' (Arist., Str., Plu.). Denomin. verbs: κυρτόομαι, - όω `form a vault, belly out' (λ 244, X.) with κύρτωμα (Hp.), - ωσις (medic., Vett. Val.) `vaulting, bellying out', κυρτωτός `hunchbacked' (Vett. Val.); κυρταίνω `form a vault, rounding' ( PMag., Suid.).

Origin: XX [etym. unknown]

Etymology: Inherited word(?), but without direct agreement. Only in the suffix diverges Lat. curvus `vaulted, bellied, crooked', like κυρτός with u-coloured reduced grade (on -u̯o- beside - to- cf. Specht Ursprung 196); a derivation of the to-formation in κυρτός is assumed in Lat. cortīna `rounded vessel'(?), s. W.-Hofmann s. v., where also other interpretations. - More combinations of very diff. value in Pok. 935 ff., W.-Hofmann s. curvus. One compares. also κορώνη, but this does not continue *kor-ōu-n-. Also an u-coloured reduced grade is no longer accepted, so the suggested cognates are far removed, if they are valid at all. Schrijver, FS Beekes 1997, 297 assumes an IE root * kur-.

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