παλάμη: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ἡ, Ep. gen. and dat. <b class="b3">παλάμηφι, -φιν</b>:—poet. Noun, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[palm of the hand]]: 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"><span class="bld">2</span> [[hand as used in deeds of violence]], <b class="b3">ἔπασχον ὑπ' Ἄρηος παλαμάων</b> by [[the hands]] 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, [[a deed of force]], ῥέξαι παλάμαν <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>1206</span> (lyr.). </span><span class="sense"><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"><span class="bld">II</span> metaph., [[cunning]], [[art]], [[device]], either in good or bad sense, <b class="b3">π. βιότου</b> [[a device]] 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"><span class="bld">III</span> [[piece of handiwork]], [[work of art]], 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>