παλάμη: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ἡ, Ep. gen. and dat. <b class="b3">παλάμηφι, -φιν</b>:—poet. Noun, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">palm of the hand</b>: hence, generally, [[hand]], esp. as used in grasping, παλάμῃ δ' ἔχε χάλκεον ἔγχος <span class="bibl">Od.1.104</span>; ἔγχος ὅ οἱ παλάμηφιν ἀρήρει <span class="bibl">Il.3.338</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">1.238</span>, etc.; παλάμᾳ δονέων <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>1.44</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[hand as used in deeds of violence]], <b class="b3">ἔπασχον ὑπ' Ἄρηος παλαμάων</b> by <b class="b2">the hands</b> of Ares, <span class="bibl">Il.3.128</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">5.558</span>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Supp.</span>865</span> (lyr.); Κυπρογενήας παλάμαισιν <span class="bibl">Alc.60</span>: hence, <b class="b2">a deed of force</b>, ῥέξαι παλάμαν <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>1206</span> (lyr.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> [[hand as used in works of art]], etc., <span class="bibl">Il.15.411</span>, <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Th.</span>580</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Sc.</span>219</span>, <span class="bibl">320</span>; ἐργατίναις π. <span class="title">IG</span>12(2).129 (Mytil.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> metaph., [[cunning]], [[art]], [[device]], either in good or bad sense, <b class="b3">π. βιότου</b> <b class="b2">a device</b> for one's livelihood, <span class="bibl">Thgn.624</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Hdt.8.19</span>; esp. of the gods, <b class="b3">θεοῦ σὺν παλάμᾳ, θεῶν παλάμαι, παλάμαις Διός</b>, by their [[arts]], <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>10(11).21</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">P.</span>1.48</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">N.</span> 10.65</span>; ὦ παλάμαι θεῶν <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>177</span> (lyr.); <b class="b3">πυκνότατος παλάμαις</b>, of Sisyphus, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>13.52</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>167</span> (lyr.), etc.; παντοίας πλέκειν παλάμας <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">V.</span>645</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> <b class="b2">piece of handiwork, work of art</b>, Hsch. (pl.); <b class="b3">πυριγενὴς π</b>., i.e. a sword, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Or.</span>820</span> (lyr.). (Cf. Lat. [[palma]], OE. [[folm]] 'hand'.)</span>

|etymtx=Grammatical information: f.<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">(flat) hand, device, means, function</b> (Il.).<br />Compounds: As 2. member a.o. in <b class="b3">δυσ-πάλαμος</b> [[mischievous]], [[helpless]] (A. in lyr.).<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">πάλαμις</b> (cod. <b class="b3">-ίς</b>) <b class="b3">τεχνίτης παρὰ τοῖς Σαλαμινίοις</b> H. (cf. <b class="b3">γάστρις</b> a.o., Bechtel Dial. 1,452), <b class="b3">παλαμίς</b> f. [[mole]] (Alex. Trall.). Denom. <b class="b3">παλαμ-άομαι</b>, <b class="b3">-ήσασθαι</b> (<b class="b3">παλαμήσας τεχνάσας</b>, <b class="b3">ἐργάσας</b> H.) <b class="b2">to handle, to perform, to plan</b> (Alc., E., Ar., X.) with <b class="b3">-ημα</b> n. [[performance]], [[plan]] (Com. Adesp., Ael.). -- Besides <b class="b3">ἀ-πάλαμν-ος</b> (also <b class="b3">ἀ-πάλαμος</b>) "without hand", [[unadept]], [[helpless]], [[indeliberate]], [[inconsiderate]] (Ε 597); <b class="b3">παλαμν-αῖος</b> <b class="b2">one doing smth. by one's own hand</b>, euphem. = [[murderous]], [[murderer]], [[revenger]] (trag.); both from <b class="b3">*πάλαμα</b> n., s. on [[ἀτέραμνος]] w. lit.<br />Origin: IE [Indo-European] [805] <b class="b2">*plh₂(e)m-</b> [[hand]]<br />Etymology: With <b class="b3">παλά-μη</b>, beside which <b class="b3">*πάλα-μα</b> as <b class="b3">γνώ-μη</b> : <b class="b3">γνῶ-μα</b> ( : <b class="b3">γνώ-μων</b>), <b class="b3">μνή-μη</b> : <b class="b3">μνῆ-μα</b> (: <b class="b3">μνή-μων</b>) a.o., agrees except for the number of syllables Lat. [[palma]] f. <b class="b2">flat hand</b>, beside which from the west Germ., e.g. OHG [[folma]], Celt. e.g. OIr. [[lām]] [[hand]], which all present an old zero grade <b class="b2">m-</b>derivation (<b class="b2">*plh₂-m-</b>) of a lost verb for <b class="b2">spread out</b>; on the ablaut s. Schwyzer 343 and 362, Ernout-Meillet s. [[palma]]; the Greek form requires <b class="b2">*plh₂-em-</b>, Beekes, Flexion u. Wortbild. 1975, 10ff. (Akten V.Fachtag.); the <b class="b3">μη-</b>suffix further in the close <b class="b3">δραχ-μή</b>, <b class="b3">πυγ-μή</b> etc., s. Porzig Satzinhalte 289 a. 284. -- Other derivations of the verb have been suspected in [[παλαστή]], [[πέλαγος]]; s. also [[πέλανος]], [[πλάσσω]] and <b class="b3">πλανάω</b>, also [[ἐπιπολῆς]]. Further forms w. lit. WP. 2, 61 ff., Pok. 805ff., W.-Hofmann s. [[palma]].