χωλός
cholos-2
lame
Appears 5 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
χωλός, ή, όν, A. lame in the feet, halting, limping, c. acc., χωλὸς δʼ ἕτερον πόδα Il. 2.217, cf. 9.503, Od. 8.308, 5.92.βʹ, Ph. 486, 1032; χ. καὶ οὐκ ἀρτίπους 4.161; χ. τὼ σκέλει Th. 24; also c. dat., σκέλει χωλός 2.739b; χωλὸς ἀμφοτέροις Tim. 20: later also of the hand, like κυλλός, χωλὸς τὴν χεῖρα 343; χεῖρα χωλὴν ἕξειν Prorrh. 2.1, cf. Lg. 794e: of animals, Eq. 1.5, etc. II. metaph., defective, φύσις Phd. 71e; one-sided, R. 535d; βασιλεία Orac. ap. HG 3.3.3. 2. of metre, esp. of the χωλίαμβος (q. v.), halting, μέτρον 5.4, Eloc. 301; also of a trochaic metre, 1.25. 3. ἀείδειν χωλά, of a ‘lame tale’, 1.71.
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