παλιμπνόη

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πείθεται πᾶς ἥδιον ἢ βιάζεται (Dio Cassius, Historiae Romanae 8.36.3) → it's always more pleasant to be persuaded than to be forced

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Transliteration A: palimpnóē Transliteration B: palimpnoē Transliteration C: palimpnoi Beta Code: palimpno/h

English (LSJ)

ἡ, 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.