Παλίμφημα

back-speaking [things]

Translated by Catharine Roth16 Jul 2001Vetting: high7 revisions

5 words

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

  1. 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).

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Revision history7 revisions · last 22 Apr 2021
  1. expanded note — Catharine Roth
  2. coding — Catharine Roth
  3. augmented note and keywords — David Whitehead
  4. modified note, added link — Catharine Roth
  5. Revised — David Whitehead
  6. more keywords; tweaks — David Whitehead
  7. Revised — David Whitehead
  8. Translated — Catharine Roth

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