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gibbus

gibbus, a hunch, hump

gibbus, a, um, adj. [cf. κύπτω, κυφός, bent, bowed, crooked; v. gibber], hunched, humped, gibbous.
  • I Adj.: calvaria ex interiore parte concava, extrinsecus gibba, Cels. 8, 1.—
  • II Subst.
    • A gibbus, i, m., a hunch, hump, Juv. 10, 294; 309; 6, 109.—
    • B gibba, ae, f., the same, Suet. Dom. 23. —
      • 2 Transf., a hump-like swelling, protuberance, Amm.23, 4.
gibbus, i,
  • v. the preced. art. II. A.

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