Παλινοστήσας

having come back home

Translated by Catharine Roth10 Dec 2000Vetting: high6 revisions

4 words

[Meaning he] having returned.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Παλινοστήσας· ἐπανελθών.

Betacode

*palinosth/sas: e)panelqw/n.

Notes

Same or similar entries in other lexica (references at Photius pi88 Theodoridis). The headword participle must be quoted from somewhere; extant instances outside lexica and grammars are very few, but there is one in John of Damascus' Encomium of St John Chrysostom.
cf. generally nu 500, nu 501, and see LSJ at web address 1.

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu

Linked from1 entry

ν501ΝόστοςhomecomingIn common use [meaning] "sweetening," in reference to foods. As if from the return and coming back to one's home; from the sweetness of the homeland. For nothing is sweeter than one's fatherland, according to Homer. But…

Neighbouring entries

π100Παλινοδίαretracing one's path, taking the path again π101Παλίνορσοςback-starting π102Παλινοστήσαςhaving come back home π103Παλίνωρονbackwards, with a backwards wrench π104Παλίνσκιονdoubly-shaded

Revision history6 revisions · last 19 Jun 2016

19 Jun 2016expanded note; more keywords — David Whitehead
22 Sep 2013tweaked note — Catharine Roth
13 Aug 2013Revised — David Whitehead
28 Aug 2011Revised — David Whitehead
11 May 2011augmented note and keywords; tweaks — David Whitehead
31 Aug 2002cosmetics — David Whitehead
10 Dec 2000Translated — Catharine Roth