[Meaning] something humped.[1] Also [sc. attested is the superlative] lordo/taton ["most/very bent"], [meaning something] bent upwards and opposite to the curved [sc. shape, i.e. concave]; that which is also called "stooping".[2]
*lordo/n: to\ u(po/kurton. kai\ lordo/taton, to\ a)posesimwme/non kai\ e)nanti/on tw=| kurtw=|: o(\ kai\ kufo\n kalei=tai.
Likewise or similarly elsewhere: see the references at
Photius lambda403 Theodoridis.
[1] The gloss shows that the headword (which must be quoted from somewhere) is neuter nominative/accusative singular -- rather than masculine accusative singular -- of the adjective in question (for which see also
lambda 679, and cf.
lambda 680,
lambda 681).
[2] But
kufo/s (bent forwards, concave in front) is opposed to
lordo/s (bent backwards, convex in front) in
Hippocrates,
On Fractures 16 (LSJ s.v.): the doctor should make sure that the binding on the wound is "neither bent forwards nor bent backwards". The superlative
lordo/taton is also mentioned by the grammarian Erotian as a word used by
Hippocrates, but does not appear in the surviving corpus.
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