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κυλλός

κυλλός, crooked, crippled

κυλλ-ός, ή, όν,
  • club-footed and bandy-legged, opp. βλαισός, Hp. Art. 53, cf. 62; κ. πούς ib. 53, Ar. Av. 1379.
      • 2 generally, deformed, contracted, κ. οὖς Hp. Art. 40; crippled in the arm, κ. ἠκόντιζεν ἀμείνονα AP 11.84 (Lucill.), cf. Ev.Matt. 15.30, Gal. UP 1.17, al.; ἔμβαλε κυλλῇ (sc. χειρί) put into a crooked hand, i.e. with the fingers crooked like a beggarʼs, to catch an alms, Ar. Eq. 1083, cf. Sch.adloc.
      • 2 of things, crooked, κ. κυκλάς PLond. 3.776.10 (vi A.D.).
    • II κυλλά, τά, choliambi, Herod. 8.79.

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