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χωλός

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: χωλός χωλή χωλόν

Structure: χωλ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. lame, halting, limping
  2. (figuratively) maimed, imperfect, defective

Declension

First/Second declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ἡμίονοι σύγγηροι ἐμὴν κομέουσιν ἀπήνην, ταῖσιν Ὁμηρείοισ πάντα Λιταῖσ ἴκελαι, χωλαί τε, ῥυσαί τε, παραβλῶπὲσ τ’ ὀφθαλμώ, Ἡφαίστου πομπή, σκύτινα δαιμόνια, οὔ ποτε γευσάμεναι, μὰ τὸν Ἥλιον, οὐδ’ ἐν ὀνείρῳ, οὐ θέρεοσ κριθήν, οὐκ ἐάροσ βοτάνην. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 11, chapter 3611)
  • καὶ γάρ τε λιταί εἰσι Διὸσ κοῦραι μεγάλοιο χωλαί τε ῥυσαί τε παραβλῶπέσ τ’ ὀφθαλμώ, αἵ ῥά τε καὶ μετόπισθ’ ἄτησ ἀλέγουσι κιοῦσαι. (Homer, Iliad, Book 9 27:7)

Synonyms

  1. lame

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