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σκολιός , ά, όν,
A.curved, bent (opp. ὀρθός, εὐθύς)“, ς. σίδηροςHdt.2.86; “ς. σκίπωνιE.Hec.65 (anap.); of rivers and paths, winding, “ποταμόςHdt. 1.185, cf. 2.29; “Μαίανδρος ς. εἰς ὑπερβολήνStr.12.8.15; οἶμος, ἀτραπός, etc., A.R.4.1541, Nic.Th.478, etc.; “ῥηγμῖνεςArist.Mete.367b14; “λαβύρινθοςCall.Del.311; “πλέγμα ἕλικοςAP7.24 (Simon.); “πλοκαμῖδεςNonn.D.14.182; twisted, tangled, “βάτοςAP7.315 (Zenod. or Rhian.), cf. 11.33 (Phil.); ἐς τὸ ς. Hp.Art.37.
2. bent sideways, “δουλείη κεφαλή, σκολιήThgn.536; “γένυεςPi.Fr.203; ἵππος ς. crooked made or going askew, Pl.Phdr.253d.
II. metaph., crooked, i.e. unjust, unrighteous, “θέμιστεςIl.16.387; μῦθοι, δίκαι, Hes.Op.194,221; αἰ σκολιὰν (sc. ῥήτραν δᾶμος ἕλοιτο, Spartan law ap. Plu.Lyc.6; “λόγοςThgn.1147; “ἀπάταιPi.Fr.213; “πατέων ὁδοῖς σκολιαῖςId.P.2.85; riddling, obscure, “ῥημάτιαLuc.Bis Acc.16; τὸ ς. τῆς εἰσόδου (into true science) Vett.Val.250.23: rarely of men, ἰθύνει σκολιόν makes the crooked one straight, Hes.Op.7; “ς. καὶ φοβερόςPlu.2.551f: with Verbs, σκολιὰ φρονεῖν, opp. εὐθὺς ἔμμεν, Scol.16; “ς. πράττεινPl.Tht. 173a; τυφλὰ καὶ ς. Id.R.506c, cf. Grg.525a; σκολιά, τά, indirect methods, Cic.Att.13.39.2. Adv. “σκολιῶςHes.Op.258,262; “ς. ἔχοντος τοῦ χρησμοῦD.S.16.91; “εἰς πλάγια καὶ σκολιάPl.Tht.194b.
III. σκολιόν, τό, intestine, “σπλάγχανα καὶ νεφρὸν καὶ σκολιόνSIG1002.5 (Milet., v/iv B.C.), cf. Schwyzer 721.23 (Mycale, iv B.C.), al.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (21):
    • Cicero, Letters to Atticus, 13.39.2
    • Diodorus, Historical Library, 16.91
    • Euripides, Hecuba, 65
    • Herodotus, Histories, 1.185
    • Herodotus, Histories, 2.29
    • Herodotus, Histories, 2.86
    • Hesiod, Works and Days, 262
    • Hesiod, Works and Days, 7
    • Hesiod, Works and Days, 194
    • Hesiod, Works and Days, 221
    • Hesiod, Works and Days, 258
    • Homer, Iliad, 16.387
    • Plato, Republic, 506c
    • Plato, Theaetetus, 173a
    • Plato, Theaetetus, 194b
    • Plato, Phaedrus, 253d
    • Plato, Gorgias, 525a
    • Strabo, Geography, 12.8.15
    • Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica, 4.1541
    • Hippocrates, De articulis, 37
    • Plutarch, Lycurgus, 6
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