A.make crab-like, κ. τοὺς δακτύλους crook one's fingers like crab's claws, Antiph.55.15:—Pass., of roots, spread crab-wise, Thphr.HP1.6.3, CP3.21.5:—also in Act., cause to spread, ὁ Χειμὼν πιλώσας καὶ καρκινώσας τὰς ῥίζας ib.3.23.5.
II. in Pass., also, suffer from cancer, Hp.Nat.Mul.31; become cancerous, “ἐκινδύνευσεν καρκινωθῆναι τὰ ἕλκεα” Id.Mul.1.40.