Παλιρρόθιον

back-rushing

Translated by William Hutton20 Mar 2011Vetting: high5 revisions

7 words

[Meaning it] having surged toward the rear.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Παλιρρόθιον· εἰς τοὐπίσω ἐφωρμηκός.

Betacode

*palirro/qion: ei)s tou)pi/sw e)fwrmhko/s.

Notes

= Photius, Lexicon pi95 Theodoridis; cf. Hesychius pi221. Probably originally from commentary to Homer, where the neuter singular headword appears twice, describing a wave, in the Odyssey: 5.430 (web address 1), where the scholia include a phrase very close to the present gloss, and 9.485 (web address 2).

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Web address 2 perseus.tufts.edu

Neighbouring entries

π109Παλίουροςbuckthorn, Christ's-thorn, jujube π110Παλίωξιςreverse pursuit π111Παλιρρόθιονback-rushing π112<20Παλίρροιαbackflow, backwater, ebb and flow π113Παλμικὸν οἰώνισμαtwitch-augury

Revision history5 revisions · last 21 May 2016

21 May 2016coding — David Whitehead
13 Aug 2013updating and tweaking — David Whitehead
28 Aug 2011Revised — David Whitehead
20 Mar 2011upgraded links — Catharine Roth
20 Mar 2011expanded note; another keyword — David Whitehead
20 Mar 2011Translated — William Hutton