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Word cholairy (T)
The word cholairy has two occurrences in Takahashi’s transcription and none in Zandbergen-Landini’s.
The first occurrence is found on the middle circular band of the Leo page (72v3), it is transcribed in ZL as cholainy.


The second cholairy, from page 85r1, is transcribed by ZL as chol,air,y.


Even considering that ch EVA can transcribe three letters, γ, κ and χ, I have not found any similar word containing ρ in the last syllable.
Only the word γόλησις could be suitable, in my opinion, that is to say by reading σ and not ρ.
The word γόλησις appears in the Lexicon of Hesychius and means κακοδαιμονία – unhappiness, misfortune; possession by an evil spirit.

The word on the Leo page can be read as cholainy and have several meanings:

• Κολαινίς, ίδος, ἡ – obscure epith. of Artemis;
  
• κωλῆνος/-ες, gen/ pl of κωλήν ἡ = κωλῆ – thigh, leg, in pl., bones of the leg;
  
• χολαίνεις, 2d pres of χολαίνω = χολάω – to be full of black bile, to be melancholy mad; = χολόομαι, to be angry, rage;
  
• χωλαίνεις/-ες , 2d sg pres/ impf of χωλαίνω – to be or go lame; trans., make lame.