χωλός: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ή, όν, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[lame]] in the feet, [[halting]], [[limping]], c. acc., χωλὸς δ' ἕτερον πόδα <span class="bibl">Il.2.217</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">9.503</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.8.308</span>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.5.92</span>.[[β]], <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>486</span>, <span class="bibl">1032</span>; χ. καὶ οὐκ ἀρτίπους <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.161</span>; χ. τὼ σκέλει <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Th.</span>24</span>; also c. dat., σκέλει χωλός Plu.2.739b; χωλὸς ἀμφοτέροις <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Tim.</span>20</span>: later also of the hand, like [[κυλλός]], χωλὸς τὴν χεῖρα <span class="bibl">Eup.343</span>; χεῖρα χωλὴν ἕξειν <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Prorrh.</span>2.1</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>794e</span>: of animals, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Eq.</span>1.5</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> metaph., [[defective]], φύσις <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phd.</span>71e</span>; [[one-sided]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">R.</span>535d</span>; [[βασιλεία]] Orac. ap. <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>3.3.3</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> of metre, especially of the [[χωλίαμβος]] (q. v.), [[halting]], μέτρον <span class="bibl">Heph.5.4</span>, <span class="bibl">Demetr.<span class="title">Eloc.</span>301</span>; also of a trochaic metre, <span class="bibl">Aristid.Quint.1.25</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b3">ἀείδειν χωλά</b>, of a '[[lame]] tale', <span class="bibl">Herod.1.71</span>.</span>