hump up, make convex; bulge
Ancient Greek word, found 33 times in the texts on Socratos.
Homer, Odyssey 11.244: κυρτωθέν, κρύψεν δὲ θεὸν θνητήν τε γυναῖκα.
Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 1.1278: κυρτώθη δʼ ἀνέμῳ λίνα μεσσόθι, τῆλε δʼ ἀπʼ ἀκτῆς
Euripides, Helen 1558: κυρτῶν τε νῶτα κἀς κέρας παρεμβλέπων
All forms of κυρτόω