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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

  • ^ οὐ ταὐτὰ οὖν καὶ σὺ ποιεῖσ χωλὴν μὲν ἔχων καὶ συκίνην τὴν γνώμην, ὠνούμενοσ δὲ χρυσοῦσ ἐμβάτασ, οἷσ μόλισ ἄν τισ καὶ ἀρτίπουσ ἐμπεριπατήσειεν; (Lucian, Adversus indoctum et libros multos ementem, (no name) 6:4)
  • καὶ ὁ μὲν προὔτεινέ μοι κύσαι τὴν δεξιάν, ὥσπερ εἰώθει τοῖσ πολλοῖσ, ἐγὼ δὲ προσφὺσ ὡσ φιλήσων, δήγματι χρηστῷ πάνυ μικροῦ δεῖν χωλὴν αὐτῷ ἐποίησα τὴν χεῖρα. (Lucian, Alexander, (no name) 55:3)
  • εἰ δὲ καὶ τύχην τινὰ τῶν ἀνδρῶν ἑκατέρου τοῖσ σφάλμασι προσοιστέον, ἀνέλπιστοσ μὲν ἡ Πομπηϊού Ῥωμαίοισ, Ἀγησίλαοσ δὲ Λακεδαιμονίουσ ἀκούοντασ καὶ προειδότασ οὐκ εἰάσε φυλάξασθαι τὴν χωλὴν βασιλείαν. (Plutarch, Comparison of Agesilaus and Pompey, chapter 2 1:1)
  • ὁ δ’ Ιὤν ἀπομνημονεύει καὶ τὸν λόγον, ᾧ μάλιστα τοὺσ Ἀθηναίουσ ἐκίνησε, παρακαλῶν μήτε τὴν Ἑλλάδα χωλὴν μήτε τὴν πόλιν ἑτερόζυγα περιϊδεῖν γεγενημένην. (Plutarch, , chapter 16 8:2)
  • πρὸσ ταῦτα Λύσανδροσ ἔλεγεν ὡσ, εἰ πάνυ φοβοῖντο τὸν χρησμὸν οἱ Σπαρτιᾶται, φυλακτέον αὐτοῖσ εἰή τὸν Λεωτυχίδην οὐ γὰρ εἰ προσπταίσασ τισ τὸν πόδα βασιλεύοι, τῷ θεῷ διαφέρειν, ἀλλ’ εἰ μὴ γνήσιοσ ὢν μηδὲ Ἡρακλείδησ, τοῦτο τὴν χωλὴν εἶναι βασιλείαν. (Plutarch, Agesilaus, chapter 3 5:1)

Synonyms

  1. lame

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