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

  • τοῖσ Διονυσίου πράγμασιν ἀλλ’ εὑρ͂ε Διονύσιον ὥσπερ βιβλίον παλίμψηστον ἢδη μολυσμῶν ἀνάπλεων καὶ τὴν βαφὴν οὐκ ἀνιέντα τῆσ τυραννίδοσ, ἐν πολλῷ χρόνῳ δευσοποιὸν οὖσαν καὶ δυσέκπλυτον· (Plutarch, Maxime cum principbus philosopho esse diserendum, chapter, section 4 6:1)

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