παλαίω
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- πάλαιμι (pálaimi) – Aeolic
- παλήω (palḗō) – Boeotian
Etymology
From πά̆λη (pálē).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pa.lǎi̯.ɔː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /paˈlɛ.o/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /paˈlɛ.o/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /paˈle.o/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /paˈle.o/
Verb
παλαίω • (palaíō)
- to wrestle
- to overcome
- to endeavour
Derived terms
- πάλαισις (pálaisis)
- πάλαισμα (pálaisma)
- παλαισμοσύνη (palaismosúnē)
- παλαιστέον (palaistéon)
- παλαιστής (palaistḗs)
- παλαίστρα (palaístra)
Further reading
- παλαίω in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- παλαίω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- παλαίω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- παλαίω in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter