δωδεκάπαλαι
From LSJ
αὐτὸν κέκρουκας τὸν βατῆρα τοῦ λόγου → you have struck the very threshold of the argument, you have struck the most important and chiefmost point
English (LSJ)
Adv.
A twelve times πάλαι, ever so long ago, Ar.Eq.1154; cf. δεκάπαλαι, μυριόπαλαι.
German (Pape)
[Seite 694] vor zwölfmal langer Zeit, Ar. Equ. 1150, in komischer Steigerung.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
δωδεκάπᾰλαι: ἐπίρρ., δωδεκάκις πάλαι, πρὸ πλείστου ὅσου χρόνου, Ἀριστοφ. Ἱππ. 1154· πρβλ. δεκάπαλαι, μυριόπαλαι.