κῶλον, τό,
limb, member of a body, especially leg, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 325, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 183 (Lyric poetry), “Ph.” 42, etc.; δρομάδι κ. 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 1301 (Lyric poetry); κ. ταχύπουν [prev. author] “Ba.” 168 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 5th c.BC+]: mostly in plural, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 81, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 19; χεῖρες καὶ κῶλα 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 1185 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: generally, of arms and legs, and of animals, fore and hind legs, τὰ ἐμπρόσθια κ. [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 91e; τὰ ἔμπροσθεν καὶ τὰ ὄπισθεν κ. 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 498a3, compare “PA” 690a20, etc.; δέρμα, τρίχας, ὄνυχάς τε ἐπ᾽ ἄκροις τοῖς κώλοις ἔφυσαν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 76e. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 ={κωλῆ}[[ 1, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 496. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__3 of plants, limb, arm, σκολιῆς ἄγρια κ. βάτου [[ “Anthologia Graeca” 7.315 (4th-3rd c.BC: Zenodotus Grammaticus or 3rd c.BC: Rhianus Epicus)] Refs 4th c.BC+]: in plural, also, internodes of the νάρθηξ, [[ 1st c.AD: Cornutus Philosophus “de Natura Deorum” 30. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__II generally, member,
__II.1 of a building, side or front, of a square or triangular building, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.126, 134, 4.62, 108, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 947e. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]