ἔμπᾰλιν (empalin)

Where it lives

Ichneutae 1 · 5.82/10k
Shield of Heracles 1 · 3.09/10k
Hecuba 2 · 2.79/10k
Fragments 1 · 2.51/10k
Enchiridion 1 · 2.02/10k
Persians 1 · 1.96/10k
Prometheus Bound 1 · 1.7/10k
Hiero 1 · 1.68/10k
De Respiratione 1 · 1.65/10k
Thesmophoriazusae 1 · 1.42/10k
Trachiniae 1 · 1.38/10k
Bacchae 1 · 1.33/10k

Densest 12 of 25 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

ἔμπᾰλιν · empalin — LSJ

backwards, back

backwards, back, κατὰ δʼ ἔ. αὐτὸς ἔβαινε h.Merc. 78; δεδορκώς Hes. Sc. 145; ἐς τοὔ. δέδορκεν S. Ichn. 113; πρόσωπον ἔ. στρέφοντα E. Hec. 343; τοὔ. ὑποστρέψαντας X. An. 6.6.38; τὰ ἔ. ἀπαλλάσσεσθαι Hdt. 9.26; ἄπιμεν ἅπαντες τοὔ. X. An. 1.4.15, etc.

b as before

τὸ ἔ. καὶ ἀνάπαλιν as before and vice versa, Nech. ap. Vett.Val. 154.28.

II contrariwise, the opposite way, upside down, contrariwise, the opposite side

contrariwise, the opposite way, τοὔ. σπεύδειν, κραίνειν, A. Pr. 204, Ag. 1424; λέγειν S. Tr. 358; ἀνατρέπειν ἔ. turn upside down, E. Ba. 348; ἔ. ὑποδεῖσθαι to put on oneʼs shoes contrariwise (i.e. on the wrong feet), Pl. Tht. 193c; ἐκ τοὔ. ἤ . . from the opposite side to . ., Th. 3.22.

2 contrary to, opposite, the reverse, the opposite opinion

c. gen., contrary to, τέρψιος, γνώμας ἔ., Pi. O. 12.11, P. 12.32; τὰ ἔ. πρήσσων τοῦ πεζοῦ doing the opposite thing to the army, Hdt. 7.58; τἄ. τῶνδε the reverse of these things, A. Pers. 223; τοὔ. πεσεῖν φρενῶν to be brought to the opposite opinion, E. Hipp. 390; τοὔ. οὗ βούλονται X. Cyr. 8.4.32; folld. by ἤ, Emp. 100.20; γνώμην ἔχω τὰ ἔ. ἢ οὗτοι Hdt. 1.207; ἤϊσαν τὰ ἔ. ἢ Λακεδαιμόνιοι Id. 9.56.

3 on the contrary, on the other hand

on the contrary, Nic. Th. 288, Ph. 1.264, Porph. Abst. 1.44; f.l. for ἔμπολιν in S. OC 637; τοὔ. on the other hand, Epicur. Ep. 3p.63U.

In the wild

τοὔμπαλιν · toumpalin Aeschylus, Agamemnon 1424–1425
τἄμπαλιν · tampalin Aeschylus, Persians 220–223
τοὔμπαλιν · toumpalin Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 201–207
τοὔμπαλιν · toumpalin Aristophanes, Lysistrata 1.1046 (DIORISIS sentence 842)
τοὔμπαλιν · toumpalin Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae (DIORISIS sentence 986)
ἔμπαλιν · empalin Aristotle, De Respiratione (DIORISIS sentence 67)

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Where it came from

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