κώλ-ῡμα, ατος, τό,
hindrance, τί γὰρ ἐμπόδιον κ. ἔτι μοι; [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 862 (_anapaest meter_); κ. θεῶν ἢ ἡρώων 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.30; βασιλικὸν κ. “PFrankf.” 1.100 (3rd c.BC): _plural_, κωλύματα καὶ βλάβαι 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 9.9 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: c.infinitive, hindrance against, ἅμαξα κ. οὖσα προσθεῖναι [τὰς πύλας] [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.67 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; κωλύματα μὴ αὐξηθῆναι [τὸ Ἑλληνικόν] [[ [prev. author] 1.16: with _genitive_, κ. φορᾶς] Refs] impediment to motion, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Cratylus” 418e; ἐνεργείας 1st c.BC(?): Ocellus Lucanus Philosophus 4.12: with _dative_, [τῷ αἵματι] 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ φυσῶν” 8: κ. καὶ σίνος πρὸς εὐκαρπίαν 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Causis Plantarum” 2.7.5. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II defence against a thing, σβεστήρια κ. [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.53: with _genitive_, κ. δηλητηρίων 2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus 1.17.10. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]