A.bent forwards, stooping, hunchbacked, “ὃς δὴ γήραϊ κ. ἔην καὶ μυρία ᾔδη” Od.2.16; κ. ἀνήρ, πρεσβύτης, Ar.Ach. 703, Pl.266; σφόνδυλοι ἕλκονται ἐς τὸ κ., in curvature of the spine, Hp.Art.41; “τρίγλαι κ.” Epich.64; freq. of shrimps, from their form, Eub.111, Matro Conv.64, AP5.184 (Asclep.); τῶν καρίδων αἱ κυφαί shrimps, e.g. Palaemon squilla, Arist.HA525b1, cf.549b12; of birds, Id.IA710b18; also “ὑπὸ κ. ἄροτρον” IG14.2012.14 (Sulp. Max.); cf. “κύφων” 1.
II. curved, round, of a cup, Ath.11.482e.