κῶλον: Difference between revisions

|Definition=τό, <span class="sense">&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]] ''1'', <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 [[νάρθηξ]], <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 [[clause of a]] [[περίοδος]], <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]] [[συζυγίαι]] [[without catalexis]], Heph.Poëm.''1''; [[element of a]] [[στροφή]], <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 [[κόλον]] (q.v.), Isid.<span class="title">Etym.</span>4.7.38, etc.; cf. [[κωλικός]].</span>