κ2798Κυφόν
bent
[Meaning] crooked. 'Out of every timber something crooked might come': [sc. a proverbial saying] in reference to people/things easily despised in aspect, but useful.
Κυφόν· κεκυμμένον. Ἐκ παντὸς ξύλου κυφὸν ἂν γένοιτο· ἐπὶ τῶν τὸ εἶδος εὐκαταφρονήτων, χρησίμων δέ.