κῶλον

English (LSJ)

τό,

   A limb, member of a body, esp. leg, A.Pr.325, S.OC183 (lyr.), Ph.42, etc.; δρομάδι κ. E.Hel.1301 (lyr.); κ. ταχύπουν Id.Ba.168 (lyr.): mostly in pl., A.Pr.81, S.OC19; χεῖρες καὶ κῶλα E.Ph.1185: generally, of arms and legs, and of animals, fore and hind legs, τὰ ἐμπρόσθια κ. Pl.Ti.91e; τὰ ἔμπροσθεν καὶ τὰ ὄπισθεν κ. Arist.HA498a3, cf. PA690a20, etc.; δέρμα, τρίχας, ὄνυχάς τε ἐπ' ἄκροις τοῖς κώλοις ἔφυσαν Pl.Ti.76e.    2 = κωλῆ 1, A.Pr.496.    3 of plants, limb, arm, σκολιῆς ἄγρια κ. βάτου AP7.315 (Zenod. or Rhian.): in pl., also, internodes of the νάρθηξ, Corn.ND30.    II generally, member,    1 of a building, side or front, of a square or triangular building, Hdt.2.126, 134, 4.62, 108, Pl.Lg.947e.    b upright of a ladder, Apollod.Poliorc. 182.5, al.    2 limb or lap of the race-course, διαύλου θάτερον κ. A. Ag.344.    3 Rhet., member or clause of a περίοδος, Arist.Rh.1409b13, Phld.Rh.1.165 S., D.H.Comp.22, Quint.9.4.22, Demetr.Eloc.1, Hermog.Id.1.3, 2.3; στίξομεν κατὰ κῶλον Castor in Rh.3.721 W.; διελὼν πρὸς κῶλον, of Origen in his Hexapla, Eus.PE6.16.    4 in verse, metrical unit containing fewer than three συζυγίαι without catalexis, Heph.Poëm.1; element of a στροφή, D.H.Comp.19, etc.    5 ῥινοῦ ἐΰστροφα κ., poet. for a sling, AP7.172 (Antip. Sid.).    6 incorrect form for κόλον (q.v.), Isid.Etym.4.7.38, etc.; cf. κωλικός.