κωλοβαθριστής
ἀσκεῖν περὶ τὰ νοσήματα δύο, ὠφελεῖν ἢ μὴ βλάπτειν → strive, with regard to diseases, for two things — to do good, or to do no harm | as to diseases, make a habit of two things — to help, or at least, to do no harm
English (LSJ)
κωλοβαθριστοῦ, ὁ, one that goes on stilts, stiltwalker, Hsch. s.v. καδαλίων.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1542] ὁ, Einer der auf Stelzen geht, Hesych. v. καδαλίων.
Wikipedia EN
Archaeological ruins and texts show that stiltwalking was practised in ancient Greece as far back as the 6th century BCE. The ancient Greek word for a stilt walker was κωλοβαθριστής (kōlobathristēs), from κωλόβαθρον (kōlobathron), "stilt", a compound of κῶλον (kōlon), "limb" and βάθρον (bathron), "base, pedestal".
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
κωλοβαθριστής: -οῦ, ὁ, ὁ περιπατῶν μὲ «ξυλοπόδαρα» ἢ ἐπὶ ξύλων, Ἡσύχ. ἐν λέξ. καδαλίων· ἐκ τοῦ κωλόβαθρον, τό, ξύλινον βάραθρον, ὡς τὸ καλόβαθρον, Ἀρτεμ. 3. 15.
Greek Monolingual
κωλοβαθριστής, ὁ (Α)
αυτός που περπατά με ξυλοπόδαρα.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < κωλόβαθρον, κατά τα ονόματα σε -ιστής, ή μέσω ενός αμάρτυρου κωλοβαθρίζω].
Translations
stiltwalker
Dutch: steltloper, steltenloper; English: stilt walker, stiltwalker, stilt-walker; Finnish: puujaloilla kävelijä; French: échassier; German: Stelzengänger, Stelzengängerin; Greek: ξυλοπόδαρος; Ancient Greek: καδαλίων, κωλοβαθριστής; Italian: trampoliere; Latin: grallator; Polish: szczudlarz, szczudlarka; Russian: ходулист, ходулистка; Swedish: styltgångare; Yoruba: alágèéré
