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πάλι^ν [α^], poet. also πάλι (q.v), Adv.
2. to express contradiction, π. ἐρέει gainsay, Il.9.56; π. γε λάζετο μῦθον took back his word, unsaid it, 4.357; opp. ἀληθέα εἰπεῖν, Od.13.254; μηδέ τῳ δόξῃ π. let no one think contrariwise, A.Th.1045: in Prose, contrariwise, Pl.Grg.482d; “π. αὖId.R.507b; αὖ . . π. Id.Ap.27d: in this sense sts. c. gen., τὸ π. νεότατος youth's opposite, Pi.O.10(11).87; χρόνου τὸ π. the change of time, E.HF777(lyr.); cf. ἔμπαλιν.
II. of Time, again, once more, rare in Hom., Il.2.276, cf. S.OT1166, X. Mem.1.6.11, etc.: freq. coupled with αὖ, αὖθις (q.v.); “π. ἐξ ἀρχῆςAr.Pax997, etc.; π. καὶ π. Str.17.1.3, Plu.2.565d, Ael.VH1.4; ἔγχει καὶ π. εἰπέ, π. π. "Ἡλιοδώρας" AP5.135Mel.): both senses (I and II) are appropriate in Od.16.456, Pl.Prt.322b, etc.
III. in turn, S.El.371, Ar.Ach.342, Call.Dian.87, etc.; “π. Κῦρος ἠρώταX.An. 1.6.7; “π. ἀπαιτῶPl.R.612d; again, πρῶτον μέν . . ἔπειτα π. Arist.Pol. 1289b29, etc. (In compos. πάλιν sts. means doubly, as in παλιμμήκης, παλίνσκιος.)
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