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Headword:
Palimpetês
Adler number: pi,90
Translated headword: back-turning
Vetting Status: low
Translation: Backwards-falling.
Greek Original:Palimpetês: opisthormêtos.
Note:
Poetic compound from the adverb palin, "back", and the verbal root pet-, "fall". Early writers use only the neuter, as an adverb: "back again." See LSJ entry at web address 1.
Associated internet address:
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Keywords: definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; epic
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 16 July 2001@12:42:50.
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