Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

παλίωξις

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Principal Part: παλίωξις παλίωξεως

Etym.: pali/n, i)wkh/

Sense

  1. pursuit back again or in turn

Examples

  • εἰ δέ χ’ ὑποστρέψωσι, παλίωξισ δὲ γένηται ἐκ νηῶν καὶ τάφρῳ ἐνιπλήξωμεν ὀρυκτῇ, οὐκέτ’ ἔπειτ’ ὀί̈ω οὐδ’ ἄγγελον ἀπονέεσθαι ἄψορρον προτὶ ἄστυ ἑλιχθέντων ὑπ’ Ἀχαιῶν. (Homer, Iliad, Book 12 4:21)
  • ἐν δὲ Προί̈ωξίσ τε Παλίωξίσ τε τέτυκτο, ἐν δ’ Ὅμαδόσ τε Φόβοσ τ’ Ἀνδροκτασίη τε δεδήει, ἐν δ’ Ἔρισ, ἐν δὲ Κυδοιμὸσ ἐθύνεον, ἐν δ’ ὀλοὴ Κὴρ ἄλλον ζωὸν ἔχουσα νεούτατον, ἄλλον ἀούτον, ἄλλον τεθνηῶτα κατὰ μόθον ἕλκε ποδοῖιν. (Hesiod, Shield of Heracles, Book Sh. 14:1)

Synonyms

  1. pursuit back again or in turn

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

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