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παιπάλημα

Third declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration:

Principal Part: παιπάλημα παιπάληματος

Structure: παιπαληματ (Stem)

Sense

  1. a piece of subtlety

Declension

Third declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative παιπάλημα παιπαλήματε παιπαλήματα
Genitive παιπαλήματος παιπαλημάτοιν παιπαλημάτων
Dative παιπαλήματι παιπαλημάτοιν παιπαλήμασιν*
Accusative παιπάλημα παιπαλήματε παιπαλήματα
Vocative παιπάλημα παιπαλήματε παιπαλήματα

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • οὐδέπω γοῦν οἶσθα ὡσ ὅλην τὴν ἅμαξαν ἐπεσπάσω, δέον, ὦ παιπάλημα καὶ κίναδοσ,^ ὑποπτήσσειν εἴ τισ ἀνὴρ δασὺσ καὶ τοῦτο δὴ τὸ ἀρχαῖον, μελάμπυγοσ δριμὺ μόνον εἰσ σὲ ἀποβλέψειεν. (Lucian, Pseudologista, (no name) 29:4)
  • ἴσωσ ἤδη καὶ ταῦτα γελάσῃ, τὸ παιπάλημα καὶ τὸ κίναδοσ, ὥσπερ τινὰ αἰνίγματα καὶ γρίφουσ ἀκούσασ· (Lucian, Pseudologista, (no name) 29:5)
  • Πολυκράτησ δὲ τὴν γενῆν Ἀθηναῖοσ, λόγων τι παιπάλημα καὶ κακὴ γλῶσσα, ἔγραψεν ἅσσ1’ ἔγραψ’; (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 8, book 8, chapter 13 2:1)
  • Πολυκράτησ δὲ τὴν γονὴν Ἀθηναῖοσ, λόγων τι παιπάλημα καὶ κακὴ γλῶσσα, ἔγραψεν οἷ’ ἔγραψ’, ἐγὼ γὰρ οὐκ οἶδα. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 7, chapter 345 1:2)
  • ὅ τι μὲν οὖν ποτ’ ἦν ὁ κέρκωψ ἢ τὸ καλούμενον παιπάλημα ἢ τὸ παλίμβολον ἢ τὰ τοιαῦτα ῥήματα, οὐκ ᾔδειν πρότερον· (Aeschines, Speeches, , section 402)

Synonyms

  1. a piece of subtlety

Related

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Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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