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ἀναπάλλω

anapallo

swing to and fro

Appears 13 times across Homer's epics.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

ἀναπάλλω, poet. ἀμπάλλω, Ep. aor. part. ἀμπεπαλών:—A. swing to and fro, ἀμπεπαλὼν προΐει δολιχόσκιον ἔγχος Il. 3.355, etc.; ἀμπάλλειν κῶλα, i. e. dance, Ar. Ra. 1358; ἀνέπηλεν ἐπὶ θήρᾳ . . μαινάδας urged them on, E. Ba. 1190; κλήρους εἰς ἄγγος ἐμβαλοῦσαι ἀνέπηλαν Ant.Lib. 10.3:—Med., αἳ . . αἰθέρα ἀμπάλλεσθε agitate it as you fly, E. Or. 322:—Pass., dart, spring or bound up, ὡς δʼ ὅθʼ ὑπὸ φρικὸς . . ἀναπάλλεται ἰχθύς . . ὣς πληγεὶς ἀνέπαλτο Il. 23.692, cf. Eun. Hist.p.239D., Agath. 3.16, 4.18:—Il. l. c. proves that the sync. aor. ἀνέπαλτο (also found in Il. 8.85, 20.424, cf. ἀνὰ δʼ ἔπαλτʼ ὀρθῷ ποδί Pi. O. 13.72, and metaph., νεῖκος ἀνέπαλτο B. 10.65) must be referred to this Verb (cf. ἔκπαλτο, ἐνέπαλτο, κατέπαλτο); but part. ἀνεπάλμενος is formed from ἀνεφάλλομαι in A.R. 2.825; those who, like Heyne, refer it to ἀνεφάλλομαι, write it ἀνεπᾶλτο (cf. ἐπᾶλτο): —aor. Med. ἀνεπήλατο Mosch. 2.109: aor. part. Pass. ἀναπαλείς Str. 8.6.21. II. ἀναπάλλων (sc. σεισμός), ὁ, an earthquake with an upward movement, Arist. Mu. 396a8.
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