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κολοβός , όν (also -ός, ή, όν Artem.2.3, IGv.infr.),
A.docked, curtailed, c. gen., “κολοβὸς ἀγέλη κεράτωνPl.Plt.265d; “κ. χειρῶνAPl.4.186 (Xenocr.).
2. abs., maimed, mutilated, X.Cyr.1.4.11; “οὐδὲν κ. προσφέρομεν πρὸς τοὺς θεούς, ἀλλὰ τέλεια καὶ ὅλαArist.Fr.101; “ζῷα κ.Id.GA746a9, cf. 721b17; “ὄνος κ.PCair.Zen.215.10 (iii B.C.), PGen.23.5 (i A.D.), BGU806.4 (i A.D.); of trees, stunted, “τὰν ἐλαίαν τὰν κολοβάνIG14.352i11 (Halaesa), cf. Dsc.1.76; “ἄνθηThphr.HP8.3.3; of persons, undersized, Procop.Arc.8: generally, short, “ἐσθῆτεςArtem. l.c.; “χιτώνDam.Isid.138; “ξίφοςLyd.Mag.1.12; of a period in Rhet., curtailed, incomplete, Arist.Rh.1409a18 (so in Comp. -ώτερόν πως ὑφᾶναι τὸν λόγον Chor.in Philol.54.123); ὄνομα half-uttered, Them.Or.1.4b; of a cup, broken, chipped, Arist.Metaph.1024a15, Theopomp.Hist. 243; of a wall, dwarf, τειχίον, τεῖχος, App.Mith.26, Procop.Aed.2.1; of a cone, truncated, Hero *Stereom.2.42: metaph., “ἀρετήMax.Tyr.37.1; κίνησις, in paralysis, Gal.7.588; κ. κῦμα, = κωφόν, Sch.Ar.Eq.689. Adv. -βῶς elliptically, opp. “σαφῶς, ἐρωτᾶσθαιArist.SE176a40.
II. κολοβόν, τό, a measure, PLond.5.1694.22, al. (VI A.D.).
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (4):
    • Aristophanes, Knights, 689
    • Plato, Statesman, 265d
    • Xenophon, Cyropaedia, 1.4.11
    • Procopius, Historia Arcana (Anecdota), 8
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