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παλίωξις

palioxis · ἡ

pursuit in turn

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What it meant

πᾰλίωξις · paliōxis — LSJ

pursuit in turn

pursuit in turn, when fugitives rally and turn on their pursuers, π. δὲ γένηται ἐκ νηῶν [ῑ metri gr.] Il. 12.71; ἄν τοι ἔπειτα π. παρὰ νηῶν αἰὲν ἐγὼ τεύχοιμι 15.69, cf. 601; opp. προΐωξις, Hes. Sc. 154: in late Prose, App. Mith. 49.

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