σκολιός, ά, όν,
curved, bent (opposed to ὀρθός, εὐθύς), σ. σίδηρος [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.86; σ. σκίπωνι 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 65 (_anapaest meter_) ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of rivers and paths, winding, ποταμός [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.185, compare 2.29; Μαίανδρος σ. εἰς ὑπερβολήν 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 12.8.15 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; οἶμος, ἀτραπός, etc., [[ 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 4.1541, 2nd c.BC: Nicander Epicus “Theriaca” 478, etc.; ῥηγμῖνες 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Meteorologica” 367b14; λαβύρινθος 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Hymnus in Delum” 311; πλέγμα ἕλικος “Anthologia Graeca” 7.24 (4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus); πλοκαμῖδες 4th-5th c.AD(?): Nonnus Epicus “Dionysiaca” 14.182 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; twisted, tangled, βάτος [[ “Anthologia Graeca” 7.315 (4th-3rd c.BC: Zenodotus Grammaticus or 3rd c.BC: Rhianus Epicus), compare 11.33 (1st c.AD: Philippus Epigrammaticus)] Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἐς τὸ σ. [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἄρθρων ἐμβολῆς” 37. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 bent sideways, δουλείη κεφαλή, σκολιή [[ 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 536; γένυες 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “Fragmenta.” 203 ] Refs 6th c.BC+]; ἵππος σ. crooked made or going askew, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 253d. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II metaphorically, crooked, i.e. unjust, unrighteous, θέμιστες [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.387 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; μῦθοι, δίκαι, [[ 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 194, 221 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; αἰ σκολιὰν (i.e. ῥήτραν) ὁ δᾶμος ἕλοιτο, Spartan law cited in [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Lycurgus” 6; λόγος 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 1147; ἀπάται 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “Fragmenta.” 213; πατέων ὁδοῖς σκολιαῖς [prev. author] “P.” 2.85 ] Refs 6th c.BC+]; riddling, obscure, ῥημάτια [[ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Bis Acc.” 16; τὸ σ. τῆς εἰσόδου (into true science) 2nd c.AD: Vettius Valens Astrologus 250.23: rarely of men, ἰθύνει σκολιόν] Refs 2nd c.AD+] makes the crooked one straight, [[ 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 7; σ. καὶ φοβερός 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.551f: with Verbs, σκολιὰ φρονεῖν, opposed to εὐθὺς ἔμμεν, “Scol.” 16; σ. πράττειν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 173a ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; τυφλὰ καὶ σ. [[ [prev. author] “R.” 506c, compare “Grg.” 525a ] Refs]; σκολιά, τά, indirect methods, [[ 1st c.BC: Cicero, M. Tullius Orator et Philosophus “Epistulae ad Atticum” 13.39.2 ] Refs 1st c.BC+]. adverb σκολιῶς [[ 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 258, 262; σ. ἔχοντος τοῦ χρησμοῦ 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 16.91; εἰς πλάγια καὶ σκολιά 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 194b. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]