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σκάζω

σκάζω, to limp, halt

σκάζω, only pres. and impf.,
  • limp, halt, Il. 19.47; ἐκ πολέμου 11.811, cf. Com.Adesp. 610, Plu. Fort.Rom. 2.317e: metaph., ἀκέσασθαι τὸ σκάζον make good the damage, Men.Prot. p.22 D.; ὁρῶ τὰ ἡμέτερα σκάζοντα, of parasites, Alciphr. 3.50; σ. ἀμφοτέροις ἡ κρίσις Chor. in Rh.Mus. 49.504; πρὸς τὴν θεραπείαν Luc. Merc.Cond. 39.
    • II σκάζων, οντος, ὁ, = χωλίαμβος, the iambic verse of Hipponax, with a spondee in the last place, σκάζοντα μέτρα AP 7.405 (Phil.). (Cf. Skt. kháñjati ‘limp’, Germ. hinken. )

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