χωλεύω

A. to be or become lame, halt, limp, Il. 18.411,417, 20.37, X. HG 3.3.3, Porph. ap. Eus. PE 3.11.

2. metaph., to be maimed, i. e. defective, imperfect, χωλεύει ἡ ζωὴ τῷ φαύλῳ Plot. 1.7.3; ἂν [ἡ πόλις] τούτῳ χωλεύῃ τῷ μέρει Lib. Or. 47.10, cf. 59.33, Max.Tyr. 20.6, Them. Or. 6.75d; ὁ νόμος ἐχώλευεν Palaeph. 50; κατὰ τὴν ἰατρικήν Gal. 15.396.

II. trans., make lame, Hp. Mul. 1.4, S.E. P. 3.217:—Pass., to be or become lame, Luc. Sacr. 6; and, generally, to be maimed or imperfect, Pl. Phdr. 248b.