πάλιν

1 back, backwards, back, restore, back, back from

of Place, back, backwards (the usual sense in early Ep.), mostly joined with Verbs of going, coming, etc.; π. χώρει Hdt. 5.72; π. ἐλεύσεται, κατελθεῖν, ἐπανέλθωμεν, A. Pr. 854, S. OC 601, Pl. Cra. 438a, etc.; κέλευθον ἥνπερ ἦλθες ἐγκόνει π. A. Pr. 962; δίκα καὶ πάντα π. στρέφεται E. Med. 412 (lyr.); δεῦρο σωθήσῃ π. Id. Ph. 725, cf. 1400; δόμεναι π. give back, restore, Il. 1.116, etc.; π. ἀποδοῦναι And. 2.23; π. ἀγκαλέσαι to call back, A. Ag. 1021 (lyr.): less freq. c. gen., π. τράπεθʼ υἷος ἑοῖο

2 contradiction, gain, back, unsaid, contrariwise, contrariwise, opposite, the change

to express contradiction, π. ἐρέει gainsay, Il. 9.56; π. ὅ γε λάζετο μῦθον took back his word, unsaid it, 4.357; opp. ἀληθέα εἰπεῖν, Od. 13.254; μηδέ τῳ δόξῃ π. let no one think contrariwise, A. Th. 1045: in Prose, contrariwise, Pl. Grg. 482d; π. αὖ Id. R. 507b; αὖ . . π. Id. Ap. 27d: in this sense sts. c. gen., τὸ π. νεότατος youthʼs opposite, Pi. O. 10(11).87; χρόνου τὸ π. the change of time, E. HF 777 (lyr.); cf. ἔμπαλιν.

II again, once more

of Time, again, once more, rare in Hom., Il. 2.276, cf. S. OT 1166, X. Mem. 1.6.11, etc.: freq. coupled with αὖ, αὖθις (q.v.); π. ἐξ ἀρχῆς Ar. Pax 997, etc.; π. καὶ π. Str. 17.1.3, Plu. Vind. 2.565d, Ael. VH 1.4; ἔγχει καὶ π. εἰπέ, π. π. Ἡλιοδώρας" AP 5.135 (Mel.): both senses (I and II) are appropriate in Od. 16.456, Pl. Prt. 322b, etc.

III in turn, again, doubly

in turn, S. El. 371, Ar. Ach. 342, Call. Dian. 87, etc.; π. ὁ Κῦρος ἠρώτα X. An. 1.6.7; π. ἀπαιτῶ Pl. R. 612d; again, πρῶτον μέν . . ἔπειτα π. Arist. Pol. 1289b29, etc. (In compos. πάλιν sts. means doubly, as in παλιμμήκης, παλίνσκιος.)