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πάλλω

pallo

poise, sway

Appears 24 times across Homer's epics.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

πάλλω, impf. ἔπαλλον E. Hec. 1158; Ep. πάλλον always in Hom. (v. infr.): aor. 1 ἔπηλα S. El. 710; Ep. πῆλα Il. 6.474: Ep. aor. 2 part. πεπᾰλών Hom. only in compd. ἀμπεπαλών:—Med., aor. 1 πήλασθαι Call. Jov. 64: πεπάλασθε, πεπαλάσθαι (v. παλάσσω) have been attributed to πάλλω; πεπάλεσθε, πεπαλέσθαι are conjectured as more prob. forms:—Pass., pf. πέπαλμαι A. Ch. 410(lyr.): aor. 2 ἐπάλην (ἀν-) Str. 8.6.21: Ep. aor. πάλτο Il. 15.645 (in 13.643, 21.140, ἐπᾶλτο is from ἐφάλλομαι):—A. poise, sway a missile before it is thrown, τὸ μὲν [ἔγχος] οὐ δύνατʼ ἄλλος Ἀχαιῶν πάλλειν, ἀλλά μιν οἶος ἐπίστατο πῆλαι Ἀχιλλεύς Il. 16.142; [αἰχμήν], ἣν . . πάλλεν δεξιτερῇ 22.320; δοῦρε δύω . . πάλλων 3.19; χερμάδιον . . ὃ οὐ δύο γʼ ἄνδρε φέροιεν . . , ὁ δέ μιν ῥέα πάλλε καὶ οἶος 5.304; ἄκοντα, λόγχην π., Pi. N. 3.45, E. IT 824; κεραυνόν Ar. Av. 1714. 2. generally, sway, brandish, [σάκος] Hes. Sc. 321; ἰτύν, πέλτας, E. Ion 210 (lyr.), Ba. 783; toss a child, πῆλε χερσίν, of Hector and Astyanax, Il. 6.474, cf. E. Hec. 1158; Νὺξ ὄχημʼ ἔπαλλεν she drove it furiously, Id. Ion 1151. 3. κλήρους ἐν κυνέῃ χαλκήρεϊ πάλλον shook the lots together in a helmet, Il. 3.316, cf. Od. 10.206; πάλλεν shook the lots, Il. 3.324, 7.181; but στάντες δʼ ὅθʼ αὐτοὺς οἱ . . βραβῆς κλήροις ἔπηλαν καὶ κατέστησαν δίφρους ranged them by casting lots, S. El. 710:—Med., draw lots, ἔλαχον πολιὴν ἅλα παλλομένων I obtained the white sea when we cast lots, Il. 15.191; παλλόμενος κλήρῳ λάχον ἐνθάδʼ ἕπεσθαι 24.400, cf. Hdt. 3.128:—Pass., κλῆρος οὐκ ἐπάλλετο S. Ant. 396. II. Pass., swing, dash oneself, ἐν ἄντυγι πάλτο tripped on the shield-rim, Il. 15.645; quiver, leap, esp. in fear, ἐν δʼ ἐμοὶ αὐτῇ στήθεσι πάλλεται ἦτορ 22.452; πέπαλταί μοι φίλον κέαρ A. Ch. 410; of the person, παλλομένη κραδίην Il. 22.461; δείματι παλλόμεναι, -οι, h.Cer. 293, Orac. ap. Hdt. 7.140, etc.; γόνυ πάλλεται γερόντων Ar. Ra. 345; of dying fish, quiver, leap, Hdt. 1.141, cf. 9.120; καὶ πέραν πόντοιο πάλλοντʼ αἰετοί fly quivering even beyond the sea, Pi. N. 5.21; vibrate, of strings, Pl. Phd. 94c (ψάλλοιτο ap. Stob.); σκιρτητικὸν καὶ παλλόμενον τὸ νέον (etym. of Παλλάς) Corn. ND 20, cf. Pl. Cra. 407a. III. intr., leap, bound, E. El. 435, Ar. Lys. 1304 (lyr.); quiver, quake, φρένα δείματι πάλλων S. OT 153 (lyr.); dash along, of horses, E. El. 477 (lyr.).
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