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παλαίω

palaio

wrestle, as a wrestler, wrestle with

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Where it lives

  • Theages 2 · 5.76/10k
  • Alcibiades 1 3 · 2.93/10k
  • Alcibiades 2 1 · 2.34/10k
  • Meno 2 · 2.04/10k
  • Rhesus 1 · 1.86/10k
  • Esther 1 · 1.81/10k
  • Works and Days 1 · 1.73/10k
  • Electra 1 · 1.32/10k
  • Charmides 1 · 1.2/10k
  • Protagoras 2 · 1.13/10k
  • Judices (cod. Al.) 1 · 0.68/10k
  • Genesis 2 · 0.67/10k

Densest 12 of 22 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant — LSJ

wrestle, as a wrestler

wrestle, οὐ γὰρ πύξ γε μαχήσεαι οὐδὲ παλαίσεις Il. 23.621; καί νύ κε τὸ τρίτον . . πάλαιον ib. 733; παλαίουσʼ ἐς τρίς S. Fr. 941.13; οἱ ἐπιστάμενοι παλαίειν Pl. Prt. 350e; ἐπάλαισαν κάλλιστα Ἀθηναίων Id. Men. 94c; τὸν παλαίσαντά ποτʼ ἐκεῖνον him once famous as a wrestler, D. 21.71.

2 wrestle with, wrestle with

π. τινί wrestle with one, Φιλομηλείδῃ ἐπάλαισεν Od. 4.343, 17.134; λέοντι Pi. P. 9.27: metaph., wrestle with a calamity, ἀάτῃσι Hes. Op. 413; φόνῳ Pi. N. 8.27; κακῷ μερμέρῳ E. Rh. 509; πολλαῖς ζημίαις X. Oec. 17.2.

II overcome, beaten

c. acc., overcome, λόγον λόγῳ παλαιστέον An.Ox. 3.216:—Pass., παλαισθείς beaten, E. El. 686; οἶνος . . παλαίεσθαι βαρύς Id. Cyc. 678.

III endeavour

c. inf., endeavour, Ach.Tat. 3.1.

In the wild

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Where it came from

  • Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. παλαίω (scan p. 1196; entry #4782). Root candidates: *naAa-.
  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. παλαίω (scan p. 868; entry #6223).
  • Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. παλαίω (scan pp. 1437-1438; entry #4467).

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