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|Definition=[ᾰ] (A), ἡ,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[wrestling]], Il.23.635; ἢ πὺξ ἠὲ πάλῃ ἢ καὶ ποσίν Od. 8.206: κρατέων πάλα Pi.''O.''8.20; νικᾶν πυγμὴν καὶ π. E.''Alc.''1031. cf. Hp.Acut.(Sp.) 62, Th.1.6, Pl.''Lg.''795b, Plu.2.638d, Antyll. ap. Orib. 6.28.3; τίνα π. ἐμάνθανες; [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[The Knights|Eq.]]''1238; <b class="b3">παίδων, ἐφήβων νεωτέρων, μέσων, πρεσβυτέρων, ἀνδρῶν π.</b>, ''SIG''959 (Chios), cf. ''IG''5(2).549.16,30 (Lycosura, iv B. C.), etc.<br><span class="bld">2</span> generally, [[fight]], [[battle]], ἅπτειν πάλην τινί A.''Ch.''866 (anap.); π. [[δορός]] E.''Heracl.''159.[ᾰ] (B) (or [[παλή]] acc. to Sch.Il.10.7, to distinct it from foreg), ἡ,<br><span class="bld">A</span> the [[fine]]st [[meal]], π. ἀλφίτου Hp.''Mul.''1.64, cf. Ruf.''Ren.Ves.''6.7, Arching. ap. Gal.12.791; π. πυρίνη Lycus ap. Orib.9.51.1; νάρθηκος πάλαι Zopyr. ap. eund.14.61.1.<br><span class="bld">2</span> any [[fine dust]], ἀνέπλησα τὠφθαλμὼ πάλης φυσῶν τὸ πῦρ Pherecr.60, cf. [[Hesychius Lexicographus|Hsch.]] (Cf. Lat. [[pollen]], [[pulvis]].)