run back again
run back again, ἐπὶ τόπον J. BJ 3.2.3; ἐς ταὐτά Aret. SD 1.6: abs., Manetho ap. J. Ap. 1.26; of a ship, Ps.-Hdt. Vit.Hom. 19, D.S. 20.74, Plu. Cic. 32: prov., παλινδρομῆσαι μᾶλλον ἢ κακῶς δραμεῖν Luc. Asin. 18.
II go back, strike inwards
Medic., go back without coming to a head, of an abscess, dub. in Hp. Prog. 18; μὴ -δρομῇ τὸ ἐρυσίπελας ἔσω strike inwards, ib. 23.
b recur, relapse
recur, relapse, Id. Epid. 2.3.18, Aret. SA 1.7, Luc. Abd. 32.
c recurrent, recovering
παλινδρομῶν σφυγμός recurrent, recovering, Gal. 9.510, Marcellin. Puls. 400.
d recurrent
of recurrent nerves, Gal. 8.53, UP 16.4.
III fall back
metaph., π. πρὸς τὰς τῶν Καρχηδονίων ἐλπίδας fall back upon . . , Plb. 7.3.8; γεωμετρία ἐπὶ τὰ αἰσθητὰ -δρομοῦσα Plu. QConv. 2.718f.
2 comes home
βλασφημία -δρομοῦσα, of abuse which comes home to roost, ib. Util. 88d.