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παλινδρομία

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: παλινδρομία

Structure: παλινδρομι (Stem) + ᾱ (Ending)

Sense

  1. a running back or backwards

Declension

First 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

  • Τῶν δ’ ἐν ἀέρι γινομένων χειμῶνα μὲν εἶναί φασι τὸν ὑπὲρ γῆσ ἀέρα κατεψυγμένον διὰ τὴν τοῦ ἡλίου πρόσω ἄφοδον, ἐάρ δὲ τὴν εὐκρασίαν τοῦ ἀέροσ κατὰ τὴν πρὸσ ἡμᾶσ πορείαν, θέροσ δὲ τὸν ὑπὲρ γῆσ ἀέρα καταθαλπόμενον τῇ τοῦ ἡλίου πρὸσ ἄρκτον πορείᾳ, μετόπωρον δὲ τῇ παλινδρομίᾳ τοῦ ἡλίου ἀφ’ ἡμῶν γίνεσθαι. (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, ISTORIWN Z, Kef. a'. ZHNWN 151:4)

Synonyms

  1. a running back or backwards

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

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