παλίμβαμος
τὰ πρὸ Εὐκλείδου ἐξετάζειν → investigate what happened before the flood, investigate what happened in the distant past, investigate what happened before Euclid, investigate what happened before the year of Euclid
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.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ου (ὁ) :
qui va et vient.
Étymologie: πάλιν, βῆμα.
English (Slater)
πᾰλίμβᾱμος, -ον
1in which one goes to and fro ἁ μὲν οὔθ' ἱστῶν παλιμβάμους ἐφίλησεν ὁδούς (P. 9.18)
