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Word EVA cholody
The word cholody has four occurrences in the text, plus one of chol,ody.
Depending on how ch and ol are read, the meaning can be very different:

1. κωλώτης = ἀσκαλαβώτης – spotted lizard, gecko, Platydactylus mauretanicus; epith. of Dionysus;
   
2. χολώδης = χολοειδής – like bile or gall, bilious; bile-coloured; bilious, angry;
   
3. χολωτός – angry, wrathful; literally, bilious;
   
4. χωλότης – lameness; metaph., lameness or deformity, of metres;
   
5. χᾰώδης, ες – like chaos.