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Headword: *pali/norsos
Adler number: pi,101
Translated headword: back-starting
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[Meaning] backwards-hastening.
Greek Original:
*pali/norsos: o)pisqo/rmhtos.
Note:
Poetic compound adjective from the adverb palin, with same or similar glossing in other lexica; references at Photius pi87 Theodoridis. The headword is taken from Homer, Iliad 3.33 (a simile from the reaction of someone seeing a snake: text at web address 1).
Associated internet address:
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Keywords: definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; epic; imagery; poetry; zoology
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 16 July 2001@14:03:18.
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David Whitehead (cosmetics) on 17 July 2001@03:04:36.
David Whitehead (expanded note; more keywords) on 28 August 2011@06:47:09.
Catharine Roth (upgraded one link, removed another) on 28 August 2011@11:54:36.
David Whitehead on 13 August 2013@03:45:19.
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