Παλίνορσος

back-starting

Translated by Catharine Roth16 Jul 2001Vetting: high4 revisions

2 words

[Meaning] backwards-hastening.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Παλίνορσος· ὀπισθόρμητος.

Betacode

*pali/norsos: o)pisqo/rmhtos.

Notes

Poetic compound adjective from the adverb palin, with same or similar glossing in other lexica; references at Photius pi87 Theodoridis. The headword is taken from Homer, Iliad 3.33 (a simile from the reaction of someone seeing a snake: text at web address 1).

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu

Linked from1 entry

π108Παλίντροποςturning back[Meaning] backwards-hastening. "The Laconian woman seeing her son turning back his swift foot from war to his fatherland without his armor [...]."

Neighbouring entries

π99Παλιναίρετοςchosen-again π100Παλινοδίαretracing one's path, taking the path again π101Παλίνορσοςback-starting π102Παλινοστήσαςhaving come back home π103Παλίνωρονbackwards, with a backwards wrench

Revision history4 revisions · last 13 Aug 2013

13 Aug 2013Revised — David Whitehead
28 Aug 2011upgraded one link, removed another — Catharine Roth
28 Aug 2011expanded note; more keywords — David Whitehead
17 Jul 2001cosmetics — David Whitehead
16 Jul 2001Translated — Catharine Roth