κῶλον

κῶλον, τό, A. 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 pl., A. Pr. 81, S. OC 19; χεῖρες καὶ κῶλα E. Ph. 1185: generally, of arms and legs, and of animals, fore and hind legs, τὰ ἐμπρόσθια κ. Pl. Ti. 91e; τὰ ἔμπροσθεν καὶ τὰ ὄπισθεν κ. Arist. HA 498a3, cf. PA 690a20, etc.; δέρμα, τρίχας, ὄνυχάς τε ἐπʼ ἄκροις τοῖς κώλοις ἔφυσαν Pl. Ti. 76e. 2. = κωλῆ I, A. Pr. 496. 3. of plants, limb, arm, σκολιῆς ἄγρια κ. βάτου AP 7.315 (Zenod. or Rhian.): in pl., also, internodes of the νάρθηξ, Corn. ND 30. II. generally, member, 1. of a building, side or front, of a square or triangular building, Hdt. 2.126, 134, 4.62, 108, Pl. Lg. 947e. b. upright of a ladder, Apollod. Poliorc. 182.5, al. 2. limb or lap of the race-course, διαύλου θάτερον κ. A. Ag. 344. 3. Rhet., member or clause of a περίοδος, Arist. Rh. 1409b13, Phld. Rh. 1.165 S., D.H. Comp. 22, Quint. 9.4.22, Demetr. Eloc. 1, Hermog. Id. 1.3, 2.3; στίξομεν κατὰ κῶλον Castor in Rh. 3.721 W.; διελὼν πρὸς κῶλον, of Origen in his Hexapla, Eus. PE 6.16. 4. in verse, metrical unit containing fewer than three συζυγίαι without catalexis, Heph. Poëm. 1; element of a στροφή, D.H. Comp. 19, etc. 5. ῥινοῦ ἐΰστροφα κ., poet. for a sling, AP 7.172 (Antip. Sid.). 6. incorrect form for κόλον (q.v.), Isid. Etym. 4.7.38, etc.; cf. κωλικός.