A.palm of the hand: hence, generally, hand, esp. as used in grasping, “παλάμῃ δ᾽ ἔχε χάλκεον ἔγχος” Od.1.104; “ἔγχος ὅ οἱ παλάμηφιν ἀρήρει” Il.3.338, cf. 1.238, etc.; “παλάμᾳ δονέων” Pi.P.1.44.
2. hand as used in deeds of violence, ἔπασχον ὑπ᾽ Ἄρηος παλαμάων by the hands of Ares, Il.3.128, cf. 5.558, A.Supp.865 (lyr.); “Κυπρογενήας παλάμαισιν” Alc.60: hence, a deed of force, “ῥέξαι παλάμαν” S.Ph.1206 (lyr.).
3. hand as used in works of art, etc., Il.15.411, Hes.Th.580, Sc.219, 320; “ἐργατίναις π.” IG12(2).129 (Mytil.).
II. metaph., cunning, art, device, either in good or bad sense, π. βιότου a device for one's livelihood, Thgn.624, cf. Hdt.8.19; esp. of the gods, θεοῦ σὺν παλάμᾳ, θεῶν παλάμαι, παλάμαις Διός, by their arts, Pi.O.10(11).21, P.1.48, N. 10.65; “ὦ παλάμαι θεῶν” S.Ph.177 (lyr.); πυκνότατος παλάμαις, of Sisyphus, Pi.O.13.52, cf. A.Pr.167 (lyr.), etc.; “παντοίας πλέκειν παλάμας” Ar.V.645.