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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Hellenic *kampā́, *kámpāthe, from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂emp-, from *kh₂em- (“bend, curve”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kam.pɛ̌ː/ → /kamˈpi/ → /kamˈbi/
Noun
καμπή • (kampḗ) f (genitive καμπῆς); first declension
- winding, such as of a river
- flexion, bending
- a curved part, curve
- the turning post in a racecourse
- Synonyms: νύσσα (nússa), καμπτήρ (kamptḗr)
- (figuratively) the goal of a speech
- (music) a turn, a sudden change
- (rhetoric) rounding off of a period
- bend or flexure of a limb or of the skull
Declension
Descendants
- → Late Latin: gamba (“hock, shank; thigh, (upper) leg”), camba
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