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gibber

gibber, ĕra, ĕrum, adj. [like gibbus; kindr. to Sanscr. kubya, hunch-backed; Gr. κυφός, κύπτω], crook-backed, hunch-backed, hump-backed.
  • I Lit.: (boves) ne gibberi, sed spina leviter remissa, Varr. R. R. 2, 5, 7: gallinae, id. ib. 3, 9, 18; cf.: genus gallinarum, Plin. 10, 26, 38, § 74: Clesippus fullo, gibber praeterea et alio foedus aspectu, id. 34, 3, 6, 11; cf. Suet. Galb. 3: tuber, Maecen. poët. ap. Sen. Ep. 101, 11.—*
  • II Transf., protuberant: gibberum pro exstanti et eminenti, Varr. ap. Non. 452, 5: cum capite gibbero, id. ib. 6, 24.
gibber, ĕris, m. [1. gibber],
  • a hunch or hump on the back (post-Aug.), Plin. 8, 45, 70, § 179: quod erat aucto gibbere, Ap. Flor. p. 350; cf. also 1. gibbus, II.

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