πάλλω

πάλλω

Ancient Greek

Etymology

May be from Proto-Indo-European *pelh₂- (“to drive, swing, shake”).

Verb

πάλλω • (pállō)

1. to poise or sway a missile before it is thrown
2. (passive) to swing or dash oneself

Derived terms

• καταπέλτης (katapéltēs)
• πάλη (pálē)
  • παλαίω (palaíō)
    • παλαιστής (palaistḗs)
      • παλαίστρα (palaístra)
• πελεμὶζω (pelemìzō)

References

• πάλλω in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• πάλλω in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• πάλλω in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• πάλλω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• πάλλω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• πάλλω in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter