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Headword: Παλίμβολον
Adler number: pi,88
Translated headword: reversed, unstable
Vetting Status: low
Translation:
Unreliable, untrustworthy.[1]
"For [he said that] the Scythian people was unstable."[2]
Greek Original:
Παλίμβολον: ἀβέβαιον, ἄπιστον. τὸ γὰρ Σκυθικὸν εἶναι παλίμβολον.
Notes:
See also pi 89.
[1] Compound of the adverb palin, "back", and the verbal root bol-, "throw"; LSJ entry at web address 1.
[2] Part of Menander Protector fr. 10.1 Blockley.
Associated internet address:
Web address 1
Keywords: biography; definition; geography; historiography; history
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 18 July 2001@22:01:24.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (added keyword; cosmetics) on 19 July 2001@03:31:41.
David Whitehead (more keywords; tweaks) on 11 May 2011@07:49:09.
David Whitehead (updated n.2) on 3 January 2012@07:03:08.
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