A.falling back, Nonn.D.3.30; recurrent, Theol.Ar.57: in early writers only in neut. as Adv., back again, “ἂψ ἐπὶ νῆας ἔεργε παλιμπετές” Il.16.395; “ὡς . . ἐν νηῒ παλιμπετὲς ἀπονέωνται” Od.5.27, cf. Call.Del.294, A.R.2.1250, etc.
πα^λιμ-πετής , ές, (πίπτω)