παλίωξις
δρυὸς πεσούσης πᾶς ἀνὴρ ξυλεύεται → when the oak falls, everyone cuts wood | when an oak has fallen, every man gathers wood | on the fall of an oak, every man gathers wood | when an oak has fallen, every man becomes a woodcutter | one takes advantage of somebody who has lost his strength | one takes advantage of somebody who has lost his power | when the tree is fallen, every man goes to it with his hatchet
English (LSJ)
εως, ἡ, (πάλι, ἰωκή)
A pursuit in turn, when fugitives rally and turn on their pursuers, π. δὲ γένηται ἐκ νηῶν [ῑ metri gr.] Il.12.71; ἄν τοι ἔπειτα π. παρὰ νηῶν αἰὲν ἐγὼ τεύχοιμι 15.69, cf. 601; opp. προΐωξις, Hes.Sc.154: in late Prose, App.Mith.49.
German (Pape)
[Seite 452] ἡ, das Wiederzurückschlagen, Zurückverfolgen, wenn der fliehende Theil umkehrt und den Verfolger zurückdrängt; εἰ δέ χ' ὑποστρέψωσι, παλίωξις δὲ γένηται ἐκ νηῶν, Il. 12, 71, vgl. 15, 69. 701; Hes. Sc. 154 u. in sp. Prosa.
