σκάζω
From LSJ
ἐν πίθῳ ἡ κεραμεία γιγνομένη → trying to run before you can walk, the potter's art starting on a big jar
English (LSJ)
only pres. and impf.,
A limp, halt, Il.19.47; ἐκ πολέμου 11.811, cf. Com.Adesp.610, Plu.2.317e: metaph., ἀκέσασθαι τὸ σκάζον make good the damage, Men.Prot.p.22 D.; ὁρῶ τὰ ἡμέτερα σκάζοντα, of parasites, Alciphr.3.50; σ. ἀμφοτέροις ἡ κρίσις Chor. in Rh.Mus. 49.504; πρὸς τὴν θεραπείαν Luc.Merc.Cond.39. II σκάζων, οντος, ὁ,= χωλίαμβος, the iambic verse of Hipponax, with a spondee in the last place, σκάζοντα μέτρα AP7.405 (Phil.). (Cf. Skt. kháñjati 'limp', Germ. hinken.)
