1. πάλαι · palai — Beekes
of old, formerly, long ago, bygone, earlier
The corpus record
πάλαι
palai
of old, formerly, long ago, bygone, earlier
Figures and citations on this page are drawn from the audited corpus; none are written from memory.
Distribution
- Jude 1 · 22.47/10k
- Accusation of Calumny 2 · 19.34/10k
- Oedipus Tyrannus 16 · 17.29/10k
- Electra 14 · 16.13/10k
- Theages 5 · 14.39/10k
- Crito 5 · 11.99/10k
- Plutus 9 · 11.16/10k
- On the Property of Aristophanes 3 · 9.67/10k
- Rhesus 5 · 9.3/10k
- 2 Peter 1 · 9.23/10k
- Philoctetes 8 · 9.09/10k
- Against The Corn-Dealers 1 · 8.9/10k
Densest 12 of 138 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.
Senses
2. πάλαι · palai — Chantraine
adv
3. πάλαι · palai — Frisk
vor alters, ehedem, schon lange, längst, früher
4. πάλαι · palai — Frisk
Nach Szemerönyi Syncope 253f
5. πάλαι · palai — LSJ
long ago, once upon a time, long
Attestations
- πάλαι · palai Iliad 4.310
- πάλαι · palai Iliad 5.898
- πάλαι · palai Iliad 7.89
- πάλαι · palai Iliad 9.105
- πάλαι · palai Iliad 9.527
- πάλαι · palai Iliad 16.441
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Deep etymology
Authority pointers, pending review
These are the etymology authorities that treat this word, with their exact locators. They are bibliographic pointers, not a published word history: no root, reconstruction, derivation, cognate, or origin is asserted here.
- scan pp. 1195-1196; entry #4780 Review: Under source audit
- scan p. 868; entry #6221 Review: Under source audit
- scan p. 1437; entry #4466 Review: Under source audit
The authorities' own wording is withheld pending review. Each source's identity, locator, and review status are cited above.
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