παλάσσω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=pf. Pass. <b class="b3">πεπάλαγμαι</b>, Ep. Verb, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">besprinkle, defile</b>, αἵματί τ' ἐγκεφάλῳ τε παλαξέμεν . . οὖδας <span class="bibl">Od.13.395</span>:—mostly in Pass., παλάσσετο δ' αἵματι θώρηξ <span class="bibl">Il.5.100</span>; αἵματι καὶ λύθρῳ πεπαλαγμένον <span class="bibl">Od.22.402</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Lav.Pall.</span>7</span>; πεπάλακτο πόδας καὶ χεῖρας ὕπερθεν <span class="bibl">Od.22.406</span>; αἰδοῖα γονῇ πεπαλαγμένος <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>733</span>; νιφετῷ π. ὕδωρ <span class="bibl">Q.S.12.410</span>:—in Med., <b class="b3">παλάσσετο χεῖρας</b> <b class="b2">he bespattered his</b> hands, <span class="bibl">Il.11.169</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> Pass., <b class="b2">to be scattered abroad</b>, <b class="b3">ἐγκέφαλος πεπάλακτο</b> ib.<span class="bibl">98</span>, <span class="bibl">12.186</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b3">Ἀσωπὸς . . πεπάλακτο κεραυνῷ</b> <b class="b2">was smitten</b>, for <b class="b3">ἐπέπληκτο</b>, <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Del.</span>78</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> in pf. Med., <b class="b2">shake</b>, i. e. <b class="b2">draw</b> lots from an urn, <b class="b3">κλήρῳ νῦν πεπάλαχθε διαμπερές</b> <b class="b2">determine your fate</b> by lot, <span class="bibl">Il.7.171</span>; τοὺς ἄλλους κλήρῳ πεπαλάχθάχθαι ἄνωγον <span class="bibl">Od.9.331</span>; πεπάλαχθε κατὰ κληῗδας ἐρετμά <span class="bibl">A.R.1.358</span>.—Aristarch. read <b class="b3">πεπάλασθε, πεπαλάσθαι</b> in Hom. (cf. [[πάλλω]]).</span>