κῶλον: Difference between revisions

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