χωλός: Difference between revisions

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