Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

παλίρρυτος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: παλίρρυτος παλίρρυτον

Structure: παλιρρυτ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: = pali/rrous

Sense

  1. in retribution

Examples

  • παλίρρυτον γὰρ αἷμ’ ὑπεξαιροῦσι τῶν κτανόντων οἱ πάλαι θανόντεσ. (Sophocles, choral, strophe 225)

Synonyms

  1. in retribution

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

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