παλάμη: Difference between revisions

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