πάλλω

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *pə́ľľō, traditionally derived from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥-n-h₁-yé-ti, from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (to drive, swing, shake). Beekes considers this possible but uncertain, due to lack of other evidence for a nasal present. See also παλύνω (palúnō, to strew), παλάσσω (palássō, to besprinkle), and παλαίω (palaíō, to scatter).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Verb

πάλλω • (pállō)

  1. to poise or sway a missile before it is thrown;[2] to brandish a weapon[3]
  2. (passive voice) to swing or dash oneself

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “πάλλω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1148
  2. ^ πάλλω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  3. ^ πάλλω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891), A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers

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