παλάσσω

palasso

besprinkle, defile

Appears 16 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Iliad 11
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Book 5 1
Chapter ?

5100
Book 6 1
Chapter ?

6268
Book 7 1
Chapter ?

7171
Book 11 3
Chapter ?

1198
11169
11535
Book 12 1
Chapter ?

12186
Book 17 1
Chapter ?

17387
Book 20 3
Chapter ?

20400
20500
20503
Odyssey 5
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Book 9 1
Chapter ?

9331
Book 13 1
Chapter ?

13395
Book 22 3
Chapter ?

22184
22402
22406

Dictionary (LSJ)

παλάσσω, pf. Pass. πεπάλαγμαι, Ep. Verb, A. besprinkle, defile, αἵματί τʼ ἐγκεφάλῳ τε παλαξέμεν . . οὖδας Od. 13.395:—mostly in Pass., παλάσσετο δʼ αἵματι θώρηξ Il. 5.100; αἵματι καὶ λύθρῳ πεπαλαγμένον Od. 22.402, cf. Call. Lav.Pall. 7; πεπάλακτο πόδας καὶ χεῖρας ὕπερθεν Od. 22.406; αἰδοῖα γονῇ πεπαλαγμένος Hes. Op. 733; νιφετῷ π. ὕδωρ Q.S. 12.410:—in Med., παλάσσετο χεῖρας he bespattered his hands, Il. 11.169. 2. Pass., to be scattered abroad, ἐγκέφαλος πεπάλακτο ib.98, 12.186. II. Ἀσωπὸς . . πεπάλακτο κεραυνῷ was smitten, for ἐπέπληκτο, Call. Del. 78. III. in pf. Med., shake, i. e. draw lots from an urn, κλήρῳ νῦν πεπάλαχθε διαμπερές determine your fate by lot, Il. 7.171; τοὺς ἄλλους κλήρῳ πεπαλάχθάχθαι ἄνωγον Od. 9.331; πεπάλαχθε κατὰ κληῗδας ἐρετμά A.R. 1.358.—Aristarch. read πεπάλασθε, πεπαλάσθαι in Hom. (cf. πάλλω).

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