πάλιν: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[ᾰ], ''poet.'' also [[πάλι]] (q.v), Adv.<br><span class="bld">1</span> of [[place]], [[back]], [[backwards]] (the usual sense in early Ep.), mostly joined with Verbs of going, coming, etc.; π. χώρει [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]5.72; <b class="b3">π. ἐλεύσεται, κατελθεῖν, ἐπανέλθωμεν</b>, [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[Prometheus Vinctus|Pr.]]''854, S.''OC''601, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Cratylus|Cra.]]''438a, etc.; κέλευθον ἥνπερ ἦλθες ἐγκόνει π. [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[Prometheus Vinctus|Pr.]]''962; δίκα καὶ πάντα π. στρέφεται E.''Med.''412 (lyr.); <b class="b3">δεῦρο σωθήσῃ π.</b> Id.''Ph.''725, cf. 1400; <b class="b3">δόμεναι π.</b> give [[back]], [[restore]], Il.1.116, etc.; π. ἀποδοῦναι And.2.23; <b class="b3">π. ἀγκαλέσαι</b> to call [[back]], A.''Ag.''1021 (lyr.): less freq. c. gen., <b class="b3">π. τράπεθ' υἷος ἑοῖο</b> she turned [[back from]] her son, Il.18.138; δόρυ Ἀχιλλῆος π. ἔτραπεν 20.439, cf. Od.7.143: coupled with other Advbs., π. αὖτις ἔβαινον νηὸς ἐπὶ γλαφυρῆς 14.356, cf. Pi.''O.''1.65; <b class="b3">αὖ π.</b> Od.13.125; ἂψ π. Il.18.280; π. εἶσιν ὀπίσσω Od.11.149; π. φέρεσθαι ἐξοπίσω Hes.''Th.'' 181; <b class="b3">ἄψορρον π.</b> S.''El.''53; <b class="b3">π. οἴκαδε, π. οἴκαδ' αὖ</b>, Ar.''Lys.''792, ''Ra.''1486; π. αὖ [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Protagoras|Prt.]]'' 318e, etc.: with the Art., ἡ π. ὁδός E.''Or.''125.<br><span class="bld">2</span> to express [[contradiction]], <b class="b3">π. ἐρέει</b> [[gain]]say, Il.9.56; <b class="b3">π. ὅ γε λάζετο μῦθον</b> took [[back]] his word, [[unsaid]] it, 4.357; opp. <b class="b3">ἀληθέα εἰπεῖν</b>, Od.13.254; <b class="b3">μηδέ τῳ δόξῃ π.</b> let no one think [[contrariwise]], A.''Th.''1045: in Prose, [[contrariwise]], [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Gorgias|Grg.]]'' 482d; π. αὖ Id.''R.''507b; <b class="b3">αὖ… π.</b> Id.''Ap.''27d: in this sense sometimes c. gen., <b class="b3">τὸ π. νεότατος</b> youth's [[opposite]], Pi.''O.''10(11).87; <b class="b3">χρόνου τὸ π.</b> [[the change]] of time, E.''HF''777(lyr.); cf. [[ἔμπαλιν]].<br><span class="bld">II</span> of [[time]], [[again]], [[once more]], rare in Hom., Il.2.276, cf. [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Oedipus Tyrannus|OT]]''1166, [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Memorabilia|Mem.]]''1.6.11, etc.: freq. coupled with [[αὖ]], [[αὖθις]] ([[quod vide|q.v.]]); π. ἐξ ἀρχῆς Ar.''Pax''997, etc.; <b class="b3">π. καὶ π.</b> Str.17.1.3, Plu.2.565d, Ael.''VH''1.4; <b class="b3">ἔγχει καὶ π. εἰπέ, π. π. Ἡλιοδώρας</b>" ''AP''5.135 (Mel.): both senses (I and II) are appropriate in Od.16.456, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Protagoras|Prt.]]'' 322b, etc.<br><span class="bld">III</span> [[in turn]], S.''El.''371, [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[Acharnians|Ach.]]''342, Call.''Dian.''87, etc.; π. ὁ Κῦρος ἠρώτα X.''An.'' 1.6.7; π. ἀπαιτῶ [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 612d; [[again]], <b class="b3">πρῶτον μέν… ἔπειτα π.</b> Arist.''Pol.'' 1289b29, etc. (In compos. [[πάλιν]] sometimes means [[doubly]], as in [[παλιμμήκης]], [[παλίνσκιος]].)

|mdlsjtxt=<br /><b class="num">1.</b> of [[place]], [[back]], [[backwards]], Hom., Hes., etc.; π. χωρέειν Hdt.; π. ἔρχεσθαι Aesch., etc.; also, [[πάλιν]] [[δοῦναι]] to [[give]] [[back]], [[restore]], Il.:—c. gen., [[πάλιν]] τράπεθ' [[υἷος]] [[ἑοῖο]] she turned [[back]] from her son, Il.; [[πάλιν]] κίε θυγατέρος ἧς Il.;—also [[πάλιν]] [[αὖτις]] [[back]] [[again]], [[αὖτε]] [[πάλιν]], ἂψ π., π. [[ὀπίσσω]], etc.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> with a [[notion]] of [[contradiction]], [[πάλιν]] ἐρεῖν to [[gain]] say (i. e. say [[against]]), Il.; but, μῦθον [[πάλιν]] λάζεσθαι to [[take]] [[back]] one's [[word]], [[unsay]] it, Il.; opp. to ἀληθέα [[εἰπεῖν]], Od.: in Prose, [[contrariwise]], Plat.: —c. gen., τὸ [[πάλιν]] νεότητος [[youth]]'s [[opposite]], Pind.; χρόνου τὸ [[πάλιν]] the [[change]] of [[time]], Eur.<br /><b class="num">II.</b> of [[time]], [[again]], [[once]] [[more]], anew, Soph., etc.; so, [[αὖθις]] [[πάλιν]], [[πάλιν]] [[αὖθις]], αὖ [[πάλιν]], [[πάλιν]] αὖ, αὖ [[πάλιν]] [[αὖθις]], [[αὖθις]] αὖ [[πάλιν]], [[Attic]]<br /><b class="num">III.</b> [[again]], in [[turn]], Soph.