χωλ-εύω,
A. to beorbecome lame, halt, limp,
Il. 18.411 , 417 , 20.37 , X. HG 3.3.3 , Porph. ap. Eus. PE 3.11 .
2. metaph.,to be maimed,i. e.defective, imperfect,
χωλεύει ἡ ζωὴ τῷ φαύλῳ
Plot. 1.7.3
; ἂν [ἡ πόλις] τούτῳ χωλεύῃ τῷ μέρει
Lib. Or. 47.10
, cf. 59.33 , Max.Tyr. 20.6 , Them. Or. 6.75d ; ὁ νόμος ἐχώλευεν
Palaeph. 50
; κατὰ τὴν ἰατρικήν
Gal. 15.396
.
II. trans.,make lame,
Hp. Mul. 1.4 , S.E. P. 3.217 :— Pass. ,to beorbecome lame,
Luc. Sacr. 6 ; and, generally,to be maimedorimperfect,