Nor hams (κωλῆνες) of kids.
But the word κωλῆ is contracted from κωλέα, as συκῆ from συκέα, λεοντῆ from λεοντέα; so κωλῆ from κωλέα. Aristophanes, in his second Plutus, says—
Alas the ham (κωλῆς) which I have just devour'd!
And in his Daitaleis he says—
And the fat hams (κωλαὶ) of tender little pigs
And dainty tit-bits swift to fly.
And in his Storks he says—
The heads of lambs, the hams (κωλὰς) of kids.
And Plato, in his Griffins, says—
Fish, and hams (κωλὰς), and sausages.
And Ameipsias, in his Connus, says—