• BOW

1. to bend, flectere, inflectere; curvare, incurvare. Bowed, infiexus, incurvus: backward, recurvatus, recurvus, repandus. INTR., flecti, curvari, incurvescere. To bow, bow the head, se demittere, caput demittere: to bow to anybody (as a mode of salutation), acclinis saluto aliquem (Arnobius); salutare aliquem: down to the ground, aliquem adoro, veneror. To bow the knee, genua flectere (generally): genua (flexa) submittere (out of respect; to one, alicui). They bow down under the weight, incurvantnr, ceduntque ponderi. To bow to one (figuratively), submittere se alicui; se alicujus potestati permittere. Man must bow to the will of God, hominum vita jussis divinae legis obtemperat. To bow to the ground (crush, depress), frangere, deprimere, opprimere: one’s pride, superbiam alicujus retundere.

2. s. corporis inclinatio: to make a bow to anybody, acclinis saluto aliquem (Arnobius), or only aliquem salutare.

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• s. arcus. Bow-string, nervus. A cross-bow, arcuballista, manuballista. A bowman, sagittarius: cross-bow man, arcuballistarius, manuballistarius. A maker of bows, arcuarius. Within bow-shot, intra teli jactum or conjectum: out of, extra, etc. To bend a bow, arcum intendere, adducere. To get his food by his bow, expedire alimenta arcu. A rainbow, pluvius arcus; also from context, arcus. A bow-window, fenestra arcuata. Bow-legged, varus, valgus.
• Of a stringed instrument, plectrum.