Παλίμφημα
back-speaking [things]
Translated by Catharine Roth16 Jul 2001Vetting: high7 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] unpropitious, evil, opposite [ones].
Greek original · Adler’s text
Παλίμφημα· δύσφημα, κακά, ἐναντία.
Betacode
*pali/mfhma: du/sfhma, kaka/, e)nanti/a.
Notes
- Likewise or similarly in other lexica; references at Photius pi74 Theodoridis, where the editor suggests that the headword -- neuter plural of an adjective compounded from the adverb palin "back" and the verbal root phê- "speak" -- might be quoted from Cyril of Alexandria, De adoratione 1 (PG 68.161c).
Euripides in a choral passage uses the word in its Doric form, with the sense "recanting":pali/mfamos a)oida/ Ion 1096 (web address 1).
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Neighbouring entries
Revision history7 revisions · last 22 Apr 2021
- expanded note — Catharine Roth
- coding — Catharine Roth
- augmented note and keywords — David Whitehead
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- Revised — David Whitehead
- more keywords; tweaks — David Whitehead
- Revised — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth