κῶλον: Difference between revisions

|Definition=τό, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[limb]], [[member]] of a body, esp. [[leg]], <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>325</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>183</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ph.</span>42</span>, etc.; δρομάδι κ. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hel.</span>1301</span> (lyr.); κ. ταχύπουν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ba.</span>168</span> (lyr.): mostly in pl., <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>81</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>19</span>; χεῖρες καὶ κῶλα <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ph.</span>1185</span>: generally, of [[arms]] and [[legs]], and of animals, [[fore]] and [[hind legs]], τὰ ἐμπρόσθια κ. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ti.</span>91e</span>; τὰ ἔμπροσθεν καὶ τὰ ὄπισθεν κ. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>498a3</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PA</span>690a20</span>, etc.; δέρμα, τρίχας, ὄνυχάς τε ἐπ' ἄκροις τοῖς κώλοις ἔφυσαν <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ti.</span>76e</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> = [[κωλῆ]] <span class="bibl">1</span>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>496</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> of plants, [[limb]], [[arm]], σκολιῆς ἄγρια κ. βάτου <span class="title">AP</span>7.315 (Zenod. or Rhian.): in pl., also, [[internodes]] of the <b class="b3">νάρθηξ</b>, <span class="bibl">Corn.<span class="title">ND</span>30</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> generally, [[member]], </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">1</span> of a building, [[side]] or [[front]], of a square or triangular building, <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.126</span>, <span class="bibl">134</span>, <span class="bibl">4.62</span>, <span class="bibl">108</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>947e</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> [[upright]] of a ladder, <span class="bibl">Apollod.<span class="title">Poliorc.</span> 182.5</span>, al. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[limb]] or <b class="b2">lap of the race-course</b>, διαύλου θάτερον κ. A. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ag.</span>344</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> Rhet., [[member]] or <b class="b2">clause of a</b> <b class="b3">περίοδος</b>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Rh.</span>1409b13</span>, Phld.<span class="title">Rh.</span>1.165 S., <span class="bibl">D.H.<span class="title">Comp.</span>22</span>, Quint.9.4.22, <span class="bibl">Demetr.<span class="title">Eloc.</span>1</span>, <span class="bibl">Hermog.<span class="title">Id.</span>1.3</span>, <span class="bibl">2.3</span>; <b class="b3">στίξομεν κατὰ κῶλον</b> Castor in <span class="bibl">Rh.3.721</span> W.; <b class="b3">διελὼν πρὸς κῶλον</b>, of Origen in his Hexapla, <span class="bibl">Eus.<span class="title">PE</span>6.16</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> in verse, [[metrical unit containing fewer than three]] <b class="b3">συζυγίαι</b> [[without catalexis]], Heph.[[Poëm]].<span class="bibl">1</span>; <b class="b2">element of a</b> <b class="b3">στροφή</b>, <span class="bibl">D.H.<span class="title">Comp.</span>19</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">5</span> <b class="b3">ῥινοῦ ἐΰστροφα κ</b>., poet. for [[a sling]], AP7.172 (Antip. Sid.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">6</span> incorrect form for <b class="b3">κόλον</b> (q.v.), Isid.<span class="title">Etym.</span>4.7.38, etc.; cf. [[κωλικός]].</span>

|etymtx=Grammatical information: n.<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">member of an animal or a man, esp. leg</b> (IA.), also metaph., e.g. of a part of a periode (Rhet.), often plur., a. o. = [[corpse]] (LXX, NT).<br />Compounds: Several compp., e.g. <b class="b3">ἰσό-κωλος</b> <b class="b2">with equal members</b> (Arist.), <b class="b3">ἀκρο-κώλια</b> [[extremities]], <b class="b3">ὑπο-κώλια</b> [[thigh of an animal]]<br />Derivatives: Diminut. <b class="b3">κωλάριον</b> (Ael.), <b class="b3">κωλύφιον</b> (Phryn., Plaut.; cf. Lat. [[colyphium]]); <b class="b3">κωλέα</b>, <b class="b3">-ῆ</b> (Att.), <b class="b3">κωλήν</b>, <b class="b3">-ῆνος</b> f. (IA.), <b class="b3">κωλεός</b> f. (Epich., Hp.) <b class="b2">bones of the hip with its flesh, ham</b> (Solmsen Wortforsch. 124); <b class="b3">κώληψ</b>, <b class="b3">-ηπος</b> f. [[hollow of the knee]] (Ψ 726, Nic.); prop. ompound with <b class="b3">ἅπτω</b>? (Bechtel Lex. s.v. with Wackernagel), with suffixchange <b class="b3">κώληξ</b> <b class="b2">id.</b> (sch.) [this shows that it does prob. not contain a part of <b class="b3">ἄπτω</b>]; <b class="b3">κωλώτης</b> m. [[lizard]] (Hp., Arist., Babr.; Redard Les noms grecs en <b class="b3">-της</b> 8; because he can break off his tail, which will grow on(?); cf. Lat. [[lacerta]] to [[lacertus]] (see W.-Hofmann s. v.); also Lidén KZ 40, 260 f. on Skt. [[pallī]] <b class="b2">small house-lizard</b> (to <b class="b2">pad-</b>'foot'; diff. Mayrhofer KEWA s. v.) and Holthausen KZ 71, 60 (Westfal. <b class="b2">hacke-molle</b> [[salamander]] to [[hacke]] [[pricks]]). Denomin. <b class="b3">κωλίζομαι</b> [[be disjointed in κῶλα]] (late).<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]<br />Etymology: No cognate. Related words are perhaps found in Slavic and Baltic, but their relation to <b class="b3">κῶλον</b> cannot be specified: OCS, Russ. <b class="b2">kolěno</b> [[knee]], [[stem]], [[lineage]], Russ. [[člen]] <b class="b2">member, body-part</b>, Lith. <b class="b2">kelỹs</b> [[knee]]; a fullgrade aorist with <b class="b2">o-</b>voc. is suspected by Specht KZ 55, 19 in <b class="b3">κόλσασθαι ἱκετεῦσαι</b> H. (but is this cognate?) - Details in WP. 2, 597 ff., Pok. 928. Vasmer and Fraenkel Wb. s. vv. - Cf. also <b class="b3">σκέλος</b>. - Unclear. One notes that Pre-Greek has a suffix <b class="b3">-ηξ</b> (<b class="b3">νάρθηξ</b>, <b class="b3">κύμηξ</b>).