παλιμπνόη
From LSJ
ἐπ' αὐτὸν ἥκεις τὸν βατῆρα τῆς θύρας → you've come to the crux of the matter, come to the point, hit the nail on the head, you've come to the very threshold of the door, you are come to the very threshold of the door, you've arrived at the truth of the matter
English (LSJ)
ἡ, A counter-wind, Thphr.Vent. 26; poet. πᾰλιμ-πνοίη A.R.1.586 (pl.).
German (Pape)
[Seite 449] ἡ, entgegenwehender, widriger Wind, Theophr., zw.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
πᾰλιμπνόη: ἡ, ἐναντία πνοή, Θεοφρ. π. Ἀνέμ. 26· ποιητ. -πνοίη, Ἀπολλ. Ρόδ. Α. 586.
Greek Monolingual
παλιμπνόη, ποιητ. τ. παλιμπνοίη, ή (Α)
αντίθετος άνεμος.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < πάλιν + πνοή.
