bow (v.) Copy link Outline A. Trans.I. To bendII. To lower by bending, esp. in token of respect1. dēmitto, mīsi, missum, 32. submitto, 33. inclīno, 1III. To depress, subdue (q. v.)B. Intrans. • bow (v.): A. Trans.: I. To bend: flecto, inclīno: to incline, q. v. II. To lower by bending, esp. in token of respect: 1. dēmitto, mīsi, missum, 3: to b. one's head (in order to pass under an archway), caput d., Cic.: of drooping flowers, Ov. (comp. the phr. fasces demittere, to lower the fasces in token of submission, Cic.). 2. submitto, 3: b.ing their heads they entered the low gateway, summisso humiles intrarunt vertice postes, Ov.: to b. as do girls, curtsey, *genua flexa s. (Georg.). 3. inclīno, 1: v. to bend. III. To depress, subdue (q. v.): submitto, 3: to b. one's spirits to misfortunes, ad calamitates animos s., Liv.: to b. minds to love, animos amori s., Virg.: v. to subject. B. Intrans.: To lower the head or incline the person: esp. in token of respect or submission: Phr.: I b. to your potent wisdom (lit. yield the hands to be bound, in token of defeat), efficaci do manus sapientiae, Hor.: Caes.: to take off one's hat and b. to any one, caput revelare et salutare acclinem, Arnob. 7, p. 221: (but this does not appear to have been a usual mode of respectful salutation, not being mentioned by Cic. where we might have expected to find it, de Sen. 18, 63: q. v.): to b. to any one, aliquem summisso capite salutare: v. sup. II. (1, 2).