παλαίω

palaio

wrestle

Appears 12 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Alcibiades I 3
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106e6
108c1
108b3
Meno 2
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94c3
94c5
Protagoras 2
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350e1
350e2
Theages 2
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122e10
125d1
Alcibiades II 1
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145c10
Charmides 1
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159c8
Laws 1
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Book VIII 1
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833e5

Dictionary (LSJ)

παλαίω, Aeol. πάλαιμι Hdn.Gr.2.930; Boeot. παλήω ib.949: fut. παλαίσω: aor. ἐπάλαισα: (πάλη A):—A. wrestle, οὐ γὰρ πύξ γε μαχήσεαι οὐδὲ παλαίσεις Il. 23.621; καί νύ κε τὸ τρίτον . . πάλαιον ib.733; παλαίουσʼ ἐς τρίς S. Fr. 941.13; οἱ ἐπιστάμενοι παλαίειν Pl. Prt. 350e; ἐπάλαισαν κάλλιστα Ἀθηναίων Id. Men. 94c; τὸν παλαίσαντά ποτʼ ἐκεῖνον him once famous as a wrestler, D. 21.71. 2. π. τινί wrestle with one, Φιλομηλείδῃ ἐπάλαισεν Od. 4.343, 17.134; λέοντι Pi. P. 9.27: metaph., wrestle with a calamity, ἀάτῃσι Hes. Op. 413; φόνῳ Pi. N. 8.27; κακῷ μερμέρῳ E. Rh. 509; πολλαῖς ζημίαις X. Oec. 17.2. II. c. acc., overcome, λόγον λόγῳ παλαιστέον An.Ox. 3.216:—Pass., παλαισθείς beaten, E. El. 686; οἶνος . . παλαίεσθαι βαρύς Id. Cyc. 678. III. c. inf., endeavour, Ach.Tat. 3.1.

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