παλάσσω
palasso
besprinkle, defile
Appears 16 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
παλάσσω, pf. Pass. πεπάλαγμαι, Ep. Verb,
‹ All lexicon entries 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. Lav.Pall. 7; πεπάλακτο πόδας καὶ χεῖρας ὕπερθεν Od. 22.406; αἰδοῖα γονῇ πεπαλαγμένος Op. 733; νιφετῷ π. ὕδωρ 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, 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 πεπαλάχθαι ἄνωγον Od. 9.331; πεπάλαχθε κατὰ κληῗδας ἐρετμά 1.358.— read πεπάλασθε, πεπαλάσθαι in (cf. πάλλω).