παλίμβαμος
From LSJ
οὐκ ἔστι σιγᾶν αἰσχρόν, ἀλλ' εἰκῆ λαλεῖν → keeping silence is not shameful; speaking at random is (Menander)
English (LSJ)
ον, (βαίνω)
A walking back, ἱστῶν παλίμβαμοι ὁδοί, of women working at the loom, since they had to walk to and fro from side to side, Pi.P.9.18.
German (Pape)
[Seite 448] zurück-, hin- u. wiedergehend, ἱστῶν παλιμβάμους ὁδούς, Pind. P. 9, 18.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
πᾰλίμβᾱμος: -ον, (βαίνω) παλιμπόρευτος, ἱστῶν παλίμβαμοι ὁδοί, ἐπὶ ὑφαινουςῶν γυναικῶν, διότι ὑφαίνουσαι ὀρθαὶ ἐπορεύοντο πρὸς τὰ ἐμπρὸς καὶ πάλιν ὑπέστρεφον, ὡς τὸ Ὁμηρικὸν «ἱστὸν ἐποιχομένην», Πινδ. Π. 9. 33, ἴδε Donaldson ἐν τόπῳ.
