χωλός
τὰ δὲ πεπερασμένα πεπερασμενάκις ἀνάγκη πεπεράνθαι πάντα → and the product of a finite number of things taken in a finite number of ways must always be finite
English (LSJ)
ή, όν,
A 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; χ. καὶ οὐκ ἀρτίπους Hdt.4.161; χ. τὼ σκέλει 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 Eup.343; χεῖρα χωλὴν ἕξειν Hp.Prorrh.2.1, cf. Pl.Lg.794e: of animals, X.Eq.1.5, etc. II metaph., defective, φύσις Pl.Phd.71e; one-sided, Id.R.535d; βασιλεία Orac. ap. X.HG3.3.3. 2 of metre, esp. of the χωλίαμβος (q. v.), halting, μέτρον Heph.5.4, Demetr.Eloc.301; also of a trochaic metre, Aristid.Quint.1.25. 3 ἀείδειν χωλά, of a 'lame tale', Herod.1.71.
