παλάμη
palame
palm of the hand
Appears 22 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
παλάμη, ἡ, Ep. gen. and dat. παλάμηφι, -φιν:—poet. Noun, A. palm of the hand: hence, generally, hand, esp. as used in grasping, παλάμῃ δʼ ἔχε χάλκεον ἔγχος Od. 1.104; ἔγχος ὅ οἱ παλάμηφιν ἀρήρει Il. 3.338, cf. 1.238, etc.; παλάμᾳ δονέων P. 1.44. 2. hand as used in deeds of violence, ἔπασχον ὑπʼ Ἄρηος παλαμάων by the hands of Ares, Il. 3.128, cf. 5.558, Supp. 865 (lyr.); Κυπρογενήας παλάμαισιν 60: hence, a deed of force, ῥέξαι παλάμαν Ph. 1206 (lyr.). 3. hand as used in works of art, etc., Il. 15.411, Th. 580, Sc. 219, 320; ἐργατίναις π. IG 12(2).129 (Mytil.). II. metaph., cunning, art, device, either in good or bad sense, π. βιότου a device for oneʼs livelihood, 624, cf. 8.19; esp. of the gods, θεοῦ σὺν παλάμᾳ, θεῶν παλάμαι, παλάμαις Διός, by their arts, O. 10(11).21, P. 1.48, N. 10.65; ὦ παλάμαι θεῶν Ph. 177 (lyr.); πυκνότατος παλάμαις, of Sisyphus, O. 13.52, cf. Pr. 167 (lyr.), etc.; παντοίας πλέκειν παλάμας V. 645. III. piece of handiwork, work of art, (pl.); πυριγενὴς π., i.e. a sword, Or. 820 (lyr.). (Cf. Lat. palma, OE. folm ‘hand’.)
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