χωλεύω

choleuo

to be

Appears 3 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Iliad 3
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Book 18 2
Chapter ?

18411
18417
Book 20 1
Chapter ?

2037

Dictionary (LSJ)

χωλεύω, A. to be or become lame, halt, limp, Il. 18.411,417, 20.37, X. HG 3.3.3, Porph. ap. Eus. PE 3.11. 2. metaph., to be maimed, i. e. defective, imperfect, χωλεύει ἡ ζωὴ τῷ φαύλῳ Plot. 1.7.3; ἂν [ἡ πόλις] τούτῳ χωλεύῃ τῷ μέρει Lib. Or. 47.10, cf. 59.33, Max.Tyr. 20.6, Them. Or. 6.75d; ὁ νόμος ἐχώλευεν Palaeph. 50; κατὰ τὴν ἰατρικήν Gal. 15.396. II. trans., make lame, Hp. Mul. 1.4, S.E. P. 3.217:—Pass., to be or become lame, Luc. Sacr. 6; and, generally, to be maimed or imperfect, Pl. Phdr. 248b.

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