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Words chola(/o)- and choly
In this post I will examine the word choly and some words beginning with chola(/o)-:

1. cholaiin (4),
   
2. cholal (3),
   
3. cholaly (1),
   
4. cholar (2),
   
5. cholol (1),
   
6. cholols (2),
   
7. cholor (6),
   
8. choly (15).
   

The words cholor and choly can be the basis for the other words in the list:

1. κωλῆ, ἡἡ – thighbone with the flesh on it, ham, esp. of a swine; the portion of the priestess at a sacrifice; membrum virile;
   
2. χολή, ἡ – gall, bile; metaph., bile, gall, i. e. bitter anger, wrath; ink of the cuttle-fish; =Hebr. rôsh, a poisonous plant, variously called hemlock or poppy; serpent’s venom; bitter drink;
   
3. κόλος, ος, ον – docked; of oxen, stump-horned or hornless;
   
4. κόλος, ὁ – a kind of goat without horns;
   
5. χόλος, ὁ – rarely in physical sense, gall, bile; generally, metaph., gall, bitter anger, wrath; bitterness; cause of anger; serpent’s venom;
   
6. χωλός, ή, όν – lame in the feet, halting, limping; metaph., defective; of metre, esp. of the χωλίαμβος, halting.
   

The word cholol can be the plural of cholor or choly:

1. κόλοι, plural of κόλος,
   
2. χωλοί, plural of χωλός.
   

The word cholal would be plural of choly:

1. κωλαῖ, dat dor/ pl of κωλῆ,
   
2. χολαί, pl of χολή,
   
3. χωλαί, dat dor/ pl of χωλή, fem of χωλός.
   

The words cholar and cholols can be :

1. κωλᾶς, gen sg dor/ acc pl of κωλῆ,
   
2. χολᾱ́ς, gen sg dor/ acc pl of χολή,
   
3. χολάς, ἡ, commonly in pl. χολάδες – bowels, guts; made into strings for lyre, etc., in sg., gut-cavity,
   
4. χωλᾱ́ς, gen sg dor/ acc pl of χωλή.
   

The word cholaiin can be the genitive plural of nouns or adjectives, or the present participle of a verb:

1. κόλων, gen pl of κόλον, τό – colon, part of the large intestine;
   
2. κόλων, gen pl of κόλος;
   
3. κωλῶν, gen pl of κωλῆ;
   
4. κώλων, gen pl of κῶλον, τό – limb, member of a body, esp. leg; generally, of arms and legs, and of animals, fore and hind legs; of plants, limb, arm; generally, member, of a building, side or front, of a square or triangular building; upright of a ladder; limb or lap of the race-course;
   
5. χολῶν, gen pl of χόλος/ χολή;
   
6. χολῶν, part pres/ inf dor of χολάω – to be full of black bile, to be melancholy mad; =χολόομαι, to be angry, rage;
   
7. χολῶν, part pres of χολόω – anger, provoke.
   

The word cholaly can be χολαῖος, α, ον – biliary, ἧπαρ (Suid.).