Ancient Greek-English Dictionary

παλίμψηστος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: παλίμψηστος

Structure: παλιμψηστ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: ya/w

Sense

  1. scratched or scraped again

Declension

First/Second declension

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

  • οἱ δ’ ἀποκναίουσι δήπου τὰ ὦτα ταῖσ ταυτολογίαισ ὥσπερ παλίμψηστα διαμολύνοντεσ. (Plutarch, De garrulitate, section 5 1:2)
  • οἱ δ’ ἀποκναίουσι δήπου τὰ ὦτα ταῖσ ταυτολογίαισ ὥσπερ παλίμψηστα διαμολύνοντεσ. (Plutarch, De garrulitate, section 5 5:1)

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