κῶλον, τό,
limb, member of a body, especially
leg, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]: mostly in
plural, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]: generally, of
arms and
legs, and of animals,
fore and
hind legs, τὰ ἐμπρόσθια κ. [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
2) ={κωλῆ}[
Refs 4th c.BC+]
3) of plants,
limb, arm, σκολιῆς ἄγρια κ. βάτου [
Refs 4th c.BC+]: in
plural, also,
internodes of the νάρθηξ, [
Refs 1st c.AD+]
II) generally,
member,
II.1) of a building,
side or
front, of a square or triangular building, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.1.b)
upright of a ladder, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]
II.2)
limb or
lap of the race-course, διαύλου θάτερον κ. [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
II.3) Rhet,
member or
clause of a περίοδος, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; στίξομεν κατὰ κῶλον Castor in [
Refs] W; διελὼν πρὸς κῶλον, of Origen in his Hexapla, [
Refs 4th c.AD+]
II.4) in verse,
metrical unit containing fewer than three συζυγίαι
without catalexis, [
Refs 7th c.AD+]
element of a στροφή, [
Refs 1st c.BC+]
II.5) ῥινοῦ ἐΰστροφα κ,
poetry for
a sling, [
Refs]
II.6) incorrect form for κόλον (which see), [
Refs 6th c.AD+]; compare κωλικός.